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 |
|---|---|
| claustrophobia | abnormal dread of being in closed or narrow spaces |
| habitat | the place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows |
| turpitude | inherent baseness : depravity |
| quaint | pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar |
| benign | of a mild type or character that does not threaten health or life |
| cadence | the beat, time, or measure of rhythmical motion or activity |
| guffaw | a loud or boisterous burst of laughter |
| oscillate | to swing backward and forward like a pendulum |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| hedonist | a person who is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure : someone who practices hedonism |