GRE Word List
RAFFLE
to engage in a raffle
The meaning of the word raffle is to engage in a raffle.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| repel | to drive back : repulse |
| fermentation | the enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity |
| woe | a condition of deep suffering from misfortune, affliction, or grief |
| affirmation | the act of affirming |
| matriarch | a woman who rules or dominates a family, group, or state |
| glaring | having a fixed look of hostility, fierceness, or anger |
| ethereal | of or relating to the regions beyond the earth |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| vagabond | a person who wanders from place to place without a fixed home : one leading a vagabond life |
| luminous | emitting or reflecting usually steady, suffused, or glowing light |