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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WordMeaning
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decimateto select by lot and kill every tenth man of
impassableincapable of being passed, traveled, crossed, or surmounted
migrantone that migrates: such as
skulduggeryunderhanded or unscrupulous behavior
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utopiaa place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social conditions
impermeablenot permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance