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 |
|---|---|
| edify | to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| homespun | spun or made at home |
| grate | grating |
| concatenate | linked together |
| tacit | expressed or carried on without words or speech |
| penumbra | a space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light |
| receptive | able or inclined to receive |
| whet | to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone) |
| calamity | a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering |