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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impugn | to assail by words or arguments : oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity |
| wrest | to pull, force, or move by violent wringing or twisting movements |
| provocative | serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate |
| steep | lofty |
| benevolent | marked by or disposed to doing good |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| replete | fully or abundantly provided or filled |
| insubordination | disobedient to authority |
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |
| nostrum | a medicine of secret composition recommended by its preparer but usually without scientific proof of its effectiveness |