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 |
|---|---|
| aboriginal | being the first or earliest known of its kind present in a region |
| dormer | a window set vertically in a structure projecting through a sloping roof |
| jollity | the quality or state of being jolly : merriment |
| encumber | weigh down |
| dint | force |
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |
| aversion | a feeling of repugnance toward something with a desire to avoid or turn from it |
| cohabit | to live together as or as if a married couple |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |