GRE Word List
RAREFIED
being less dense
The meaning of the word rarefied is being less dense.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| maul | a heavy often wooden-headed hammer used especially for driving wedges |
| balk | to refuse abruptly |
| granulate | to form or crystallize into grains or granules |
| ebb | the reflux of the tide toward the sea |
| incantation | a use of spells or verbal charms spoken or sung as a part of a ritual of magic |
| amiss | in a mistaken way : wrongly |
| carafe | a bottle with a flaring lip used to hold beverages and especially wine |
| unwarranted | lacking adequate or official support : not warranted : unjustified |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| misconduct | mismanagement especially of governmental or military responsibilities |