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 |
|---|---|
| ostensible | intended for display : open to view |
| importunate | troublesomely urgent : overly persistent in request or demand |
| actuate | to put into mechanical action or motion |
| tribulation | distress or suffering resulting from oppression or persecution |
| humus | a brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic |
| 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 |
| ignite | to set afire |
| recourse | a turning to someone or something for help or protection |
| colloquial | used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation |
| conjure | to charge or entreat earnestly or solemnly |