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 |
|---|---|
| moribund | being in the state of dying : approaching death |
| stanza | a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe |
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| wizardry | the art or practices of a wizard : sorcery |
| crestfallen | having a drooping crest or hanging head |
| interjection | an ejaculatory utterance usually lacking grammatical connection: such as |
| hive | a container for housing honeybees |
| foist | to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant |
| antiquity | ancient times |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |