GRE Word List
RAKE
immoral or dissolute person
The meaning of the word rake is immoral or dissolute person.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tend | have a tendency; take care of; minister; serve at; apply one's attention; attend |
| effectuate | effect; produce; achieve; Ex. effectuate a reconciliation |
| seminary | school for training future ministers; secondary school, especially for young women |
| pestilential | causing plague; tending to cause death; baneful; N. pestilence: fatal epidemic disease (esp. bubonic plague) |
| gruesome | grisly; horrible |
| loiter | hang about/around; stand idly about; linger |
| contaminate | pollute |
| imbue | saturate(soak thoroughly); fill; Ex. imbue someone with feelings |
| disclose | reveal; N. disclosure |
| elucidate | explain; make clear; clarify; enlighten; CF. lucid |
