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 |
|---|---|
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |
| qualms | a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| fake | not true, real, or genuine : counterfeit |
| penumbra | a space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light |
| defame | to harm the reputation of by communicating false statements about : to harm the reputation of by libel (see libel |
| tensile | capable of tension : ductile |
| taper | to become progressively smaller toward one end |
| flay | to strip off the skin or surface of : skin |
| unobtrusive | not obtrusive : not blatant, arresting, or aggressive : inconspicuous |