GRE Word List

RAVENOUS

rapacious

The meaning of the word ravenous is rapacious.

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incumbentthe holder of an office or ecclesiastical benefice
salientmoving by leaps or springs : jumping
precludeto make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance
cravenlacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted
limboan abode of souls that are according to Roman Catholic theology barred from heaven because of not having received Christian baptism
reinstateto place again (as in possession or in a former position)
crotchetygiven to crotchets (see crotchet
prototypean original model on which something is patterned : archetype
disconsolatecheerless
dossiera file containing detailed records on a particular person or subject