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 |
|---|---|
| cleave | to adhere firmly and closely or loyally and unwaveringly |
| countermand | to revoke (a command) by a contrary order |
| surrogate | one appointed to act in place of another : deputy |
| vassal | a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant |
| ingenuous | showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness |
| frock | an outer garment worn by monks and friars : habit |
| bugaboo | an imaginary object of fear |
| emasculate | to deprive of strength, vigor, or spirit : weaken |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| rooster | an adult male domestic chicken |