GRE Word List
RAPACIOUS
excessively grasping or covetous
The meaning of the word rapacious is excessively grasping or covetous.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| repercussion | reflection |
| impotent | not potent : lacking in power, strength, or vigor : helpless |
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| proviso | an article or clause (as in a contract) that introduces a condition |
| ensconce | shelter |
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| accolade | a mark of acknowledgment : award |
| misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |
| impale | to pierce with or as if with something pointed |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |