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 |
|---|---|
| delusive | likely to delude |
| resort | one that affords aid or refuge : resource |
| fringe | an ornamental border consisting of short straight or twisted threads or strips hanging from cut or raveled edges or from a separate band |
| slacken | to make less active : slow up |
| subjugate | to bring under control and governance as a subject : conquer |
| passe | past one's prime |
| exhale | to rise or be given off as vapor |
| viscous | having a thick or sticky consistency : viscid |
| dulcet | sweet to the taste |
| aquiline | curving like an eagle's beak |