GRE Word List
RUDDY
reddish; (of the face) reddish and healthy-looking
The meaning of the word ruddy is reddish; (of the face) reddish and healthy-looking.
Random words
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subservient | behaving like a slave; servile; obsequious; subordinate; N. subservience |
imbalance | lack of balance or symmetry; disproportion |
jumble | mix in a confused way |
piety | devoutness; reverence for God; ADJ. pious |
renounce | abandon; give up (by formal announcement); disown; repudiate; Ex. renounce one's claim to the property/one's religion; N. renunciation |
subpoena | writ(written command issued by a court) summoning a witness to appear in court; V: summon with a subpoena |
responsiveness | state of reacting readily to appeals, orders, etc.; ADJ. responsive: readily reacting; Ex. responsive to treatment |
encroachment | gradual intrusion; Ex. I resent all these encroachments on my valuable time; V. encroach: take another's possessions or right gradually or stealthily; intrude; Ex. encroach on/upon |
crass | very unrefined; grossly insensible; crude and undiscriminating; Ex. crass behavior |
distort | twist out of shape; give a false account of; misrepresent; N. distortion |