GRE Word List
RANK
relative standing or position
The meaning of the word rank is relative standing or position.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impel | to urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure : force |
| lectern | a stand used to support a book or script in a convenient position for a standing reader or speaker |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| avert | to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance |
| smug | highly self-satisfied |
| ingrained | forming a part of the essence or inmost being : deep-seated |
| mute | unable to speak : lacking the power of speech |
| rickety | affected with rickets |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| discretion | individual choice or judgment |