GRE Word List
RAVE
overwhelmingly favorable review; V: talk wildly as if mad; Ex. raving lunatic
The meaning of the word rave is overwhelmingly favorable review; V: talk wildly as if mad; Ex. raving lunatic.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| concede | admit; acknowledge as being true (often reluctantly); yield; grant; Ex. concede a goal |
| purported | alleged; claimed; reputed or rumored; Ex. purported Satanists |
| distrait | absentminded; distracted |
| cupidity | greed (for wealth); CF. cupid; CF. Cupid |
| urchin | mischievous child (usually a boy); CF. urchin: hedgehog; CF. porcupine: pig with spikes ?; CF. sea urchin |
| weird | eerie; strange; unnatural |
| annex | attach; add to a large thing; take possession of; incorporate (territory) into a larger existing political unit (by force); N: building added to a large one |
| demographic | related to population balance; N. demography: statistical study of human population |
| psychosis | mental disorder; ADJ. N. psychotic |
| brave | face courageously; Ex. brave the storm |
