GRE Word List
RAG
a waste piece of cloth
The meaning of the word rag is a waste piece of cloth.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| connotation | something suggested by a word or thing : implication |
| propinquity | nearness of blood : kinship |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| murky | characterized by a heavy dimness or obscurity caused by or like that caused by overhanging fog or smoke |
| precipitant | precipitate |
| amphitheater | an oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats ranged about an open space and used in ancient Rome especially for contests and spectacles |
| impinge | encroach |
| ruddy | having a healthy reddish color |