GRE Word List
RUDDY
having a healthy reddish color
The meaning of the word ruddy is having a healthy reddish color.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sedate | keeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : unruffled |
| 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 |
| expenditure | the act or process of expending |
| perverse | turned away from what is right or good : corrupt |
| incongruity | the quality or state of being incongruous |
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| putrescent | undergoing putrefaction : becoming putrid |
| amulet | a charm (such as an ornament) often inscribed with a magic incantation or symbol to aid the wearer or protect against evil (such as disease or witchcraft) |
| hybrid | an offspring of two animals or plants of different subspecies, breeds, varieties, species, or genera |
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |