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 |
|---|---|
| haggle | to cut roughly or clumsily : hack |
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| stanch | to check or stop the flowing of |
| vainglorious | marked by vainglory : boastful |
| compute | to determine especially by mathematical means |
| beneficiary | a person or thing that receives help or an advantage from something : one that benefits from something |
| verbose | containing more words than necessary : wordy |
| renegade | a deserter from one faith, cause, or allegiance to another |
| coalesce | to grow together |
| grunt | to utter a grunt |