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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| terminus | either end of a transportation line or travel route |
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| disfigure | to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries |
| allay | to subdue or reduce in intensity or severity : alleviate |
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| bound | fastened by or as if by a band : confined |
| cremate | to subject to cremation |
| intelligentsia | intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite |
| habituate | to make used to something : accustom |
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