GRE Word List
RAG
scrap of cloth; ADJ. ragged: old and torn; seeming unfinished and imperfect; Ex. ragged debut/performance
The meaning of the word rag is scrap of cloth; ADJ. ragged: old and torn; seeming unfinished and imperfect; Ex. ragged debut/performance.
Random words
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candor | frankness; open honesty; ADJ. candid |
gustatory | affecting or relating to the sense of taste |
culvert | artificial channel for water; drain crossing under a road |
torque | twisting force; force producing rotation |
florid | ruddy; (of a complexion) reddish; flowery; very ornate; CF. rose |
boon | blessing; benefit; something very helpful |
transport | strong emotion; rapture; Ex. in a transport/transports of; V: move to strong emotion; enrapture |
pundit | authority on a subject; expert; learned person |
breed | produce young; rear; bring up; produce (an undesirable condition); N: kind or sort of animal or plant |
foible | small weakness of character; slight fault; CF. feeble |