GRE Word List
RAVENOUS
rapacious
The meaning of the word ravenous is rapacious.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sovereign | one possessing or held to possess supreme political power or sovereignty |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| satellite | a celestial body orbiting another of larger size |
| reprehensible | worthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable |
| skeptic | an adherent or advocate of skepticism |
| quicksilver | mercury |
| egotism | excessive use of the first person singular personal pronoun |
| ecologist | a branch of science concerned with the interrelationship of organisms and their environments |
| plaster | a medicated or protective dressing that consists of a film (as of cloth or plastic) spread with a usually medicated substance |
| trinket | a small ornament (such as a jewel or ring) |