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 |
|---|---|
| sycophant | a servile self-seeking flatterer |
| milieu | the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment |
| privy | private |
| cynosure | the northern constellation Ursa Minor |
| profane | to treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| torque | a force that produces or tends to produce rotation or torsion |
| recurrent | running or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course |
| urbane | notably polite or polished in manner |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |