GRE Word List
RAREFIED
being less dense
The meaning of the word rarefied is being less dense.
Random words
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plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
woeful | full of woe : grievous |
barb | a medieval cloth headdress passing over or under the chin and covering the neck |
thrash | to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog |
agility | the quality or state of being agile : nimbleness |
parish | the ecclesiastical unit of area committed to one pastor |
catastrophe | a momentous tragic event ranging from extreme misfortune to utter overthrow or ruin |
cherubic | an order of angels see celestial hierarchy |
ambush | to attack by surprise from a hidden place : waylay |
contrivance | a thing contrived |