GRE Word List
RAVENOUS
rapacious
The meaning of the word ravenous is rapacious.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| noxious | physically harmful or destructive to living beings |
| extemporaneous | composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu |
| incorporeal | not corporeal : having no material body or form |
| unearth | to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| indite | make up |
| touchy | marked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation |
| blatant | noisy especially in a vulgar or offensive manner : clamorous |
| emollient | making soft or supple |
| asinine | extremely or utterly foolish or silly |