GRE Word List
RANK
relative standing or position
The meaning of the word rank is relative standing or position.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| astringent | causing a tightening of soft organic tissues : styptic |
| affirmation | the act of affirming |
| palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |
| respiration | the movement of air or dissolved gases into and out of the lungs |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| sultry | very hot and humid : sweltering |
| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
| versatile | embracing a variety of subjects, fields, or skills |
| nexus | connection |
| culvert | a transverse drain |