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 |
|---|---|
| paraphrase | a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form |
| buoyant | having buoyancy |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| vociferous | marked by or given to vehement insistent outcry |
| ruffian | a brutal person : bully |
| actuate | to put into mechanical action or motion |
| fauna | animal life |
| dinghy | a small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat |
| presage | something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen |
| connotation | something suggested by a word or thing : implication |