GRE Word List
RAREFIED
being less dense
The meaning of the word rarefied is being less dense.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| artery | any of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body |
| impasse | a predicament affording no obvious escape |
| thwart | to oppose successfully : defeat the hopes or aspirations of |
| dereliction | an intentional abandonment |
| deserts | arid land with usually sparse vegetation |
| doggerel | loosely styled and irregular in measure especially for burlesque or comic effect |
| asunder | into parts |
| splice | to unite (two ropes or two parts of a rope) by interweaving the strands |
| stolid | having or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional |
| carrion | dead and putrefying flesh |