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 |
|---|---|
| token | a piece resembling a coin issued for use (as for fare on a bus) by a particular group on specified terms |
| wretch | a miserable person : one who is profoundly unhappy or in great misfortune |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| perspicuous | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| tacit | expressed or carried on without words or speech |
| futile | serving no useful purpose : completely ineffective |
| sinecure | an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income |
| recondite | difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep |
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| metropolis | the chief or capital city of a country, state, or region |