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 |
|---|---|
| acuity | keenness of perception |
| perspicuous | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| unassuming | not assuming : modest |
| illimitable | incapable of being limited or bounded : measureless |
| portend | to give an omen or anticipatory sign of |
| feud | a mutual enmity or quarrel that is often prolonged or inveterate (see inveterate |
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| puerile | juvenile |
| querulous | habitually complaining |
| gnome | maxim |