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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| conscript | draftee; person forced into military service; V. |
| exuberance | overflowing abundance; joyful enthusiasm; flamboyance; lavishness; ADJ. exuberant: high-spirited and lively; growing abundantly and strongly |
| surmise | guess; N. |
| stereotype | one regarded as embodying a set image or type; fixed and unvarying representation; standardized mental picture often reflecting prejudice; Ex. stereotype of the happy slave; V: make a stereotype of; represent by a stereotype; Ex. It is wrong to stereotype people; Ex. stereotyped answer |
| paranoia | psychosis marked by delusions of grandeur or persecution; N: ADJ: paranoid, paranoiac |
| coin | make coins; invent or fabricate (a word or phrase); N. coinage: word or phrase recently invented |
| haven | place of safety; refuge; harbor; Ex. tax haven |
| illimitable | infinite; limitless |
| address | direct a speech to; speak to; deal with or discuss; direct one's efforts or attention to; make with a destination; N: formal speech |
| voyeur | Peeping Tom; person who derives sexual gratification from observing the sexual acts of others |