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 |
|---|---|
| civil | of or relating to citizens |
| intrigue | the practice of engaging in secret schemes |
| desiccate | to dry up |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| impassable | incapable of being passed, traveled, crossed, or surmounted |
| migrant | one that migrates: such as |
| skulduggery | underhanded or unscrupulous behavior |
| feline | of, relating to, or affecting cats or the cat family |
| utopia | a place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social conditions |
| impermeable | not permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance |