GRE Word List
RANK
relative standing or position
The meaning of the word rank is relative standing or position.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| quaff | to drink (a usually alcoholic beverage) heartily or copiously |
| dilatory | tending or intended to cause delay |
| sinecure | an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income |
| berserk | an ancient Scandinavian warrior frenzied in battle and held to be invulnerable |
| ostracize | to exile by ostracism |
| inequity | injustice |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| vortex | something that resembles a whirlpool |
| shambles | a meat market |
| naivete | a naive remark or action |