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

WordMeaning
appreciateto grasp the nature, worth, quality, or significance of
coniferany of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit
cedeto yield or grant typically by treaty
substantivehaving substance : involving matters of major or practical importance to all concerned
encipherto convert (a message) into cipher
verisimilarhaving the appearance of truth : probable
retaliateto return like for like
revileto subject to verbal abuse : vituperate
embossto raise the surface of into bosses
promptto move to action : incite