GRE Word List
RAREFIED
being less dense
The meaning of the word rarefied is being less dense.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| clemency | disposition to be merciful and especially to moderate the severity of punishment due |
| stickler | one who insists on exactness or completeness in the observance of something |
| astral | of, relating to, or coming from the stars |
| growl | rumble |
| hapless | having no luck : unfortunate |
| coterie | an intimate and often exclusive group of persons with a unifying common interest or purpose |
| funereal | of or relating to a funeral |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| ruse | a wily subterfuge |
| acclivity | an ascending slope (as of a hill) |