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 |
|---|---|
| friction | the rubbing of one body against another |
| inconsistency | an instance of being inconsistent |
| quaff | to drink (a usually alcoholic beverage) heartily or copiously |
| stipulate | to make an agreement or covenant to do or forbear something : contract |
| redundant | exceeding what is necessary or normal : superfluous |
| infest | to spread or swarm in or over in a troublesome manner |
| contrive | devise |
| desecrate | to violate the sanctity of : profane |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| determination | a judicial decision settling and ending a controversy |