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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| senility | the quality or state of being senile : the physical and mental decline associated with old age |
| far-fetched | brought from a remote time or place |
| billow | wave |
| recumbent | suggestive of repose : leaning |
| infantile | of or relating to infants or infancy |
| bleak | exposed and barren and often windswept |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| crestfallen | having a drooping crest or hanging head |
| evasive | tending or intended to evade : equivocal |
| jurisdiction | the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law |