GRE Word List
RAUCOUS
disagreeably harsh or strident : hoarse
The meaning of the word raucous is disagreeably harsh or strident : hoarse.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fledgling | a young bird just fledged (see fledge |
| fulsome | characterized by abundance : copious |
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |
| excise | an internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity |
| natal | native |
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |
| disjunction | a sharp cleavage : disunion |
| accommodate | to provide with something desired, needed, or suited |
| shoddy | a reclaimed wool from materials that are not felted that is of better quality and longer staple than mungo |
| dialectical | of, relating to, or in accordance with dialectic |