GRE Word List
RARE
seldom occurring or found : uncommon
The meaning of the word rare is seldom occurring or found : uncommon.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |
| extradition | the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge |
| miserly | of, relating to, or characteristic of a miser |
| ludicrous | amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration, or eccentricity |
| entail | to impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result |
| fresco | the art of painting on freshly spread moist lime plaster with water-based pigments |
| equine | of, relating to, or resembling a horse or the horse family |
| billowing | wave |
| inconsequential | of no significance : unimportant |