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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| commiserate | to feel or express sympathy : condole |
| unintimidating | not causing a feeling of fear or timidity : not intimidating |
| largess | liberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior |
| incarnate | invested with bodily and especially human nature and form |
| apex | the uppermost point : vertex |
| intrigue | the practice of engaging in secret schemes |
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| atone | to make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome |
| trenchant | keen |
| unrequited | not requited : not reciprocated or returned in kind |