GRE Word List
RAMPANT
rearing upon the hind legs with forelegs extended
The meaning of the word rampant is rearing upon the hind legs with forelegs extended.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| drivel | nonsense |
| incarnation | the act of incarnating : the state of being incarnate |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| dubious | unsettled in opinion : doubtful |
| impermeable | not permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| interjection | an ejaculatory utterance usually lacking grammatical connection: such as |
| ascendancy | governing or controlling influence : domination |
| unassuming | not assuming : modest |
| dispel | to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate |