GRE Word List
RAVENOUS
rapacious
The meaning of the word ravenous is rapacious.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| incumbent | the holder of an office or ecclesiastical benefice |
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
| craven | lacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted |
| limbo | an abode of souls that are according to Roman Catholic theology barred from heaven because of not having received Christian baptism |
| reinstate | to place again (as in possession or in a former position) |
| crotchety | given to crotchets (see crotchet |
| prototype | an original model on which something is patterned : archetype |
| disconsolate | cheerless |
| dossier | a file containing detailed records on a particular person or subject |