GRE Word List
RAKISH
of, relating to, or characteristic of a rake : dissolute
The meaning of the word rakish is of, relating to, or characteristic of a rake : dissolute.
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|---|---|
| impecunious | having very little or no money usually habitually : penniless |
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| pious | marked by or showing reverence for deity and devotion to divine worship |
| theoretical | existing only in theory : hypothetical |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| enigma | something hard to understand or explain |
| fresco | the art of painting on freshly spread moist lime plaster with water-based pigments |
| sodden | dull or expressionless especially from continued indulgence in alcoholic beverages |
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| foppish | foolish |