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 |
|---|---|
| adjacent | not distant : nearby |
| multifarious | having or occurring in great variety : diverse |
| wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |
| untoward | difficult to guide, manage, or work with : unruly |
| compartment | a separate division or section |
| axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |
| concession | the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat) |
| slaughter | the act of killing |
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| foist | to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant |