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).

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remissionthe act or process of remitting
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exacerbateto make more violent, bitter, or severe
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precedentprior in time, order, arrangement, or significance
dilettantea person having a superficial interest in an art or a branch of knowledge : dabbler
nadirthe point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the zenith and vertically downward from the observer
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renderto melt down
sojourna temporary stay