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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selectiveof, relating to, or characterized by selection : selecting or tending to select
existentialof, relating to, or affirming existence
quellto thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity
lilliputianof, relating to, or characteristic of the Lilliputians or the island of Lilliput
digressionthe act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work
loiterto delay an activity with idle stops and pauses : dawdle
promontorya high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water
irreverencelack of reverence
magnanimitythe quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity
degradationthe act or process of degrading