GRE Word List
RAVE
to talk irrationally in or as if in delirium
The meaning of the word rave is to talk irrationally in or as if in delirium.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
| inordinate | exceeding reasonable limits : immoderate |
| insipid | lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate, or challenge : dull |
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
| cameo | a gem carved in relief (see relief |
| scrupulous | having moral integrity : acting in strict regard for what is considered right or proper |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |