GRE Word List
RAREFIED
being less dense
The meaning of the word rarefied is being less dense.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| enigma | something hard to understand or explain |
| sultry | very hot and humid : sweltering |
| quiescent | marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest |
| lagoon | a shallow sound, channel, or pond near or communicating with a larger body of water |
| hinterlands | a region lying inland from a coast |
| disperse | to cause to break up (see break up |
| extirpate | to destroy completely : wipe out |
| hilarity | boisterous merriment or laughter |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| anarchy | absence of government |