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 |
|---|---|
| blurt | to utter abruptly and impulsively |
| rectitude | the quality or state of being straight |
| shove | to push along |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| impolitic | not politic : unwise |
| clot | a portion of a substance adhering together in a thick nondescript mass (as of clay or gum) |
| infest | to spread or swarm in or over in a troublesome manner |
| hazy | made dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze |
| outlaw | a person excluded from the benefit or protection of the law |
| abash | to destroy the self-possession or self-confidence of (someone) : disconcert |