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

WordMeaning
stolidhaving or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional
titanichaving great magnitude, force, or power : colossal
credencemental acceptance as true or real
debunkto expose the sham (see sham
makeshifta usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute
consortassociate
surfeitan overabundant supply : excess
invectiveinsulting or abusive language : vituperation
expostulationan act or an instance of expostulating
metaphora 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)