GRE Word List
RALLY
to muster for a common purpose
The meaning of the word rally is to muster for a common purpose.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| onerous | involving, imposing, or constituting a burden : troublesome |
| trickle | to issue or fall in drops |
| jubilation | an act of rejoicing : the state of being jubilant |
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |
| ravine | a small narrow steep-sided valley that is larger than a gully and smaller than a canyon and that is usually worn by running water |
| upright | perpendicular |
| dulcet | sweet to the taste |
| obfuscate | to throw into shadow : darken |
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
| kindle | to start (a fire) burning : light |