GRE Word List
RAKE
immoral or dissolute person
The meaning of the word rake is immoral or dissolute person.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sensitization | process of being made sensitive or acutely responsive to an external agent or substance; V. sensitize: make or become sensitive |
| seasonal | of a particular season; Ex. seasonal rise in employment |
| oust | expel; drive out; force out; N. ouster: ousting |
| stock | standard; kept regularly in stock or supply; typical; routine; common; Ex. stock sizes of paper; Ex. stock excuse/character; N: goods for sale in a shop; OP. unique |
| slither | slip or slide |
| catalyst | agent which brings about a chemical change while it remains unaffected and unchanged; CF. catalysis |
| ferret | drive or hunt out of hiding; hunt with ferrets; drive out (as from a hiding place); expel; uncover or discover by searching; Ex. ferret out the secret; N. small fierce animal which catches rats and rabbits by going into their holes |
| legacy | gift made by a will; something handed down from an ancestor |
| jocund | merry |
| extrapolation | projection; conjecture; V. extrapolate: infer (unknown information) from known information |
