GRE Word List
RANK
relative standing or position
The meaning of the word rank is relative standing or position.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| moribund | being in the state of dying : approaching death |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| mercurial | of, relating to, or born under the planet Mercury |
| caldron | a large kettle or boiler |
| dally | to act playfully |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| constitution | the basic principles and laws of a nation, state, or social group that determine the powers and duties of the government and guarantee certain rights to the people in it |
| audacious | intrepidly daring : adventurous |
| infraction | the act of infringing : violation |