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 |
|---|---|
| buffoonery | foolish or playful behavior or practice |
| minute | the 60th part of an hour of time : 60 seconds |
| trappings | outward signs |
| desiccate | to dry up |
| transitory | of brief duration : temporary |
| debris | the remains of something broken down or destroyed |
| condescend | to assume an air of superiority |
| niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| adjoin | to add or attach by joining |