GRE Word List
RAREFIED
being less dense
The meaning of the word rarefied is being less dense.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| enact | to establish by legal and authoritative act |
| throb | to pulsate or pound with abnormal force or rapidity |
| secession | withdrawal into privacy or solitude : retirement |
| ego | the self especially as contrasted with another self or the world |
| sequester | to set apart : segregate |
| endear | to cause to become beloved or admired |
| imbecility | the quality or state of being very stupid or foolish : utter foolishness |
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |
| quizzical | comically quaint |
| insidious | having a gradual and cumulative effect : subtle |