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 |
|---|---|
| adventitious | coming from another source and not inherent or innate |
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
| dismantle | to disconnect the pieces of |
| reciprocate | to give and take mutually |
| controvert | to dispute or oppose by reasoning |
| incite | to move to action : stir up : spur on : urge on |
| archetype | the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| blandishment | something that tends to coax or cajole : allurement |
| pugilist | fighter |