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 |
|---|---|
| unbridled | unrestrained |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| languor | weakness or weariness of body or mind |
| sonorous | producing sound (as when struck) |
| abstruse | difficult to comprehend : recondite |
| vagrant | one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support |
| underscore | to draw a line under : underline |
| ratiocination | the process of exact thinking : reasoning |
| egregious | conspicuous |
| dowry | the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage |