GRE Word List
RANK
relative standing or position
The meaning of the word rank is relative standing or position.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| minutiae | a minute or minor detail |
| mantle | a loose sleeveless garment worn over other clothes : cloak |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| epicure | one with sensitive and discriminating tastes especially in food or wine |
| aerie | the nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop |
| falter | to walk unsteadily : stumble |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| ovoid | resembling an egg in shape : ovate |
| infraction | the act of infringing : violation |
| scrutinize | to examine closely and minutely |