GRE Word List
ANVIL
a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering)
The meaning of the word anvil is a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| stolid | having or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional |
| titanic | having great magnitude, force, or power : colossal |
| credence | mental acceptance as true or real |
| debunk | to expose the sham (see sham |
| makeshift | a usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute |
| consort | associate |
| surfeit | an overabundant supply : excess |
| invective | insulting or abusive language : vituperation |
| expostulation | an act or an instance of expostulating |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |