GRE Word List
AWL
a pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood)
The meaning of the word awl is a pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| outspoken | direct and open in speech or expression : frank |
| remonstrate | to present and urge reasons in opposition : expostulate |
| menace | a show of intention to inflict harm : threat |
| codicil | a legal instrument made to modify an earlier will |
| effervescence | the property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing |
| heinous | hatefully or shockingly evil : abominable |
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| haunt | to visit often : frequent |
| oblivion | the fact or condition of not remembering : a state marked by lack of awareness or consciousness |
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |