GRE Word List
MAUVE
a moderate purple, violet, or lilac color
The meaning of the word mauve is a moderate purple, violet, or lilac color.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| abrogate | to abolish by authoritative action : annul |
| nurture | training |
| temporize | to act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion |
| elusive | tending to elude: such as |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| evocative | evoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response |
| engage | to offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end |
| kneel | to position the body so that one or both knees rest on the floor |
| pique | to excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff |
| earthly | characteristic of or belonging to this earth |