GRE Word List
RAPACIOUS
voracious; ravenous; taking everything one can; excessively grasping; plundering; subsisting on live prey; Ex. rapacious birds
The meaning of the word rapacious is voracious; ravenous; taking everything one can; excessively grasping; plundering; subsisting on live prey; Ex. rapacious birds.
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primp | groom oneself with care; adorn oneself |
protege | person receiving protection and support from a patron |
crone | hag; ugly old woman |
circumspect | prudent; cautious; acting after careful thought |
chaplain | clergyman attached to a chapel |
brawny | muscular; having well-developed muscles |
germane | pertinent; bearing upon(having connection with) the case at hand; appropriate |