GRE Word List
RARE
seldom occurring or found : uncommon
The meaning of the word rare is seldom occurring or found : uncommon.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unwonted | being out of the ordinary : rare |
| nugatory | of little or no consequence : trifling |
| dismiss | to permit or cause to leave |
| ossify | to change into bone |
| chaste | innocent of unlawful sexual intercourse |
| embed | to enclose closely in or as if in a matrix |
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
| rigid | deficient in or devoid of flexibility |
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
| amble | to go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter |