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 |
|---|---|
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| stagnant | not flowing in a current or stream |
| subsidiary | furnishing aid or support : auxiliary |
| amphibian | an amphibious organism |
| console | an architectural member projecting from a wall to form a bracket or from a keystone for ornament |
| insinuate | to impart or suggest in an artful or indirect way : imply |
| discompose | to destroy the composure of |
| estimable | capable of being estimated |
| outcast | one that is cast out or refused acceptance (as by society) : pariah |
| blowhard | an arrogantly and pompously boastful or opinionated person : braggart |