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 |
|---|---|
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| authoritarian | of, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority |
| rotund | marked by roundness : rounded |
| ebb | the reflux of the tide toward the sea |
| flaunt | to display or obtrude oneself to public notice |
| suspend | to debar temporarily especially from a privilege, office, or function |
| rejoinder | the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication |
| grovel | to creep with the face to the ground : crawl |
| rancid | having an unpleasant smell or taste usually from chemical change or decomposition |
| deviate | to stray especially from a standard, principle, or topic |