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).
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
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| abate | to decrease in force or intensity |
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| desiccate | to dry up |
| complicity | association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act |
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| sluggard | a habitually lazy person |