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 |
|---|---|
| plenitude | the quality or state of being full : completeness |
| emblazon | to inscribe or adorn with or as if with heraldic bearings or devices |
| condescend | to assume an air of superiority |
| scale | an instrument or machine for weighing |
| impugn | to assail by words or arguments : oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity |
| imperil | to bring into peril : endanger |
| chip | a small usually thin and flat piece (as of wood or stone) cut, struck, or flaked off |
| malingerer | to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work) |
| rapt | lifted up and carried away |
| masticate | to grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : chew |