GRE Word List
RAFFLE
to engage in a raffle
The meaning of the word raffle is to engage in a raffle.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mercenary | one that serves merely for wages |
| inebriated | exhilarated or confused by or as if by alcohol : intoxicated |
| pertinacious | adhering resolutely to an opinion, purpose, or design |
| artifice | clever or artful skill : ingenuity |
| 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) |
| sever | to put or keep apart : divide |
| tramp | to walk, tread, or step especially heavily |
| toll | a tax or fee paid for some liberty or privilege (as of passing over a highway or bridge) |
| humor | that quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : a funny or amusing quality |
| concave | hollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl |