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 |
|---|---|
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
| ambush | to attack by surprise from a hidden place : waylay |
| herd | a typically large group of animals of one kind kept together under human control |
| assumption | a taking to or upon oneself |
| flinch | to withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain : wince |
| intimate | marked by a warm friendship developing through long association |
| frivolous | of little weight or importance |
| well-bred | having or displaying the politeness and good manners associated especially with people of high social class |
| carping | marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism |