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 |
|---|---|
| repine | to feel or express dejection or discontent : complain |
| vassal | a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant |
| destitute | lacking something needed or desirable |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| aversion | a feeling of repugnance toward something with a desire to avoid or turn from it |
| kinetic | of or relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces and energy associated therewith |
| artery | any of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body |
| chorus | a company of singers and dancers in Athenian drama participating in or commenting on the action |
| ingrate | an ungrateful person |
| potentate | ruler |