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 |
|---|---|
| prologue | the preface or introduction to a literary work |
| commandeer | to compel to perform military service |
| obstinate | stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion |
| exhume | disinter |
| consecrate | dedicated to a sacred purpose |
| asylum | an inviolable place of refuge and protection giving shelter to criminals and debtors : sanctuary |
| earmark | a mark of identification on the ear of an animal |
| repudiate | to refuse to accept |
| wistful | full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |