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 |
|---|---|
| tatter | to make ragged |
| nuance | a subtle distinction or variation |
| gruff | rough, brusque, or stern in manner, speech, or aspect |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| menace | a show of intention to inflict harm : threat |
| tout | to make much of : promote |
| subjugate | to bring under control and governance as a subject : conquer |
| truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |
| groom | bridegroom |
| gerontocracy | rule by elders |