GRE Word List
RAVENOUS
rapacious
The meaning of the word ravenous is rapacious.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| avid | characterized by enthusiasm and vigorous pursuit : very eager and enthusiastic |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| appropriate | especially suitable or compatible : fitting |
| havoc | wide and general destruction : devastation |
| tentative | not fully worked out or developed |
| ascetic | practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline |
| obeisance | a movement of the body made in token of respect or submission : bow |
| didactic | designed or intended to teach |
| dormant | represented on a coat of arms in a lying position with the head on the forepaws |
| exiguous | excessively scanty : inadequate |