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 |
|---|---|
| headstrong | not easily restrained : impatient of control, advice, or suggestions |
| pulse | the regular expansion of an artery caused by the ejection of blood into the arterial system by the contractions of the heart |
| taciturn | temperamentally disinclined to talk |
| yore | time past and especially long past |
| privy | private |
| emetic | an agent that induces vomiting |
| shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |
| revile | to subject to verbal abuse : vituperate |
| leave-taking | departure |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |