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 |
|---|---|
| incontinent | not continent: such as |
| contaminate | to soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association |
| judiciary | a system of courts of law |
| merit | a praiseworthy quality : virtue |
| indolent | averse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy |
| glower | to look or stare with sullen annoyance or anger |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| academic | of, relating to, or associated with an academy or school especially of higher learning |
| slack | not using due diligence, care, or dispatch : negligent |
| discretion | individual choice or judgment |