GRE Word List

RAVENOUS

rapacious

The meaning of the word ravenous is rapacious.

Random words

WordMeaning
havocwide and general destruction : devastation
cruxa puzzling or difficult problem : an unsolved question
dissonancelack of agreement
collectedgathered together
nostalgiaa wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition
palimpsestwriting material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased
vulnerablecapable of being physically or emotionally wounded
deflectto turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction
caulkto stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe)
hostagea person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement