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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 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 |
