GRE Word List
RANK
relative standing or position
The meaning of the word rank is relative standing or position.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tension | inner striving, unrest, or imbalance often with physiological indication of emotion |
| jaded | fatigued by overwork : exhausted |
| vernal | of, relating to, or occurring in the spring |
| quiescent | marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest |
| restraint | an act of restraining : the state of being restrained |
| penology | a branch of criminology dealing with prison management and the treatment of offenders |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| incorrigible | incapable of being corrected or amended: such as |
| disparage | to depreciate (see depreciate |
| friction | the rubbing of one body against another |