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 |
|---|---|
| unaccountable | not to be accounted for : inexplicable |
| intractable | not easily governed, managed, or directed |
| swelter | to suffer, sweat, or be faint from heat |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| dross | the scum or unwanted material that forms on the surface of molten metal |
| apiculture | the keeping of bees especially on a large scale |
| exhilarating | causing strong feelings of happy excitement and elation : thrilling |
| qualify | to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify |
| detain | to hold or keep in or as if in custody |
| spoilsport | one who spoils the sport or pleasure of others |