GRE Word List
RAKE
an implement equipped with projecting prongs to gather material (such as leaves) or for loosening or smoothing the surface of the ground
The meaning of the word rake is an implement equipped with projecting prongs to gather material (such as leaves) or for loosening or smoothing the surface of the ground.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bemoan | to express deep grief or distress over |
| dally | to act playfully |
| imperious | marked by arrogant assurance : domineering |
| luxuriant | yielding abundantly : fertile |
| prestige | standing or estimation in the eyes of people : weight or credit in general opinion |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| supplant | to supersede (another) especially by force or treachery |
| equine | of, relating to, or resembling a horse or the horse family |
| paramour | lover |
| multifarious | having or occurring in great variety : diverse |