GRE Word List
RAVENOUS
rapacious
The meaning of the word ravenous is rapacious.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| egotism | excessive use of the first person singular personal pronoun |
| immolate | to kill or destroy especially by fire |
| ordinance | an authoritative decree or direction : order |
| providence | divine guidance or care |
| satyr | a sylvan deity in Greek mythology having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Dionysian revelry |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| dispirited | to deprive of morale or enthusiasm |
| abominable | worthy of or causing disgust or hatred : detestable |
| commemorate | to call to remembrance |
| bust | a sculptured representation of the upper part of the human figure including the head and neck and usually part of the shoulders and breast |