GRE Word List
RAREFIED
being less dense
The meaning of the word rarefied is being less dense.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| ceremonious | devoted to forms and ceremony |
| porridge | a soft food made by boiling meal of grains or legumes in milk or water until thick |
| coquette | a woman who endeavors without sincere affection to gain the attention and admiration of men |
| unobtrusive | not obtrusive : not blatant, arresting, or aggressive : inconspicuous |
| skiff | any of various small boats |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| putrefy | to make putrid |
| carping | marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism |
| analogy | a comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect |
