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
punitiveinflicting, involving, or aiming at punishment
remunerativeserving to remunerate
fraudulentcharacterized by, based on, or done by fraud : deceitful
irksometending to irk : tedious
vagrantone who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support
extantcurrently or actually existing
supinelying on the back or with the face upward
shama trick that deludes : hoax
atrocitya shockingly bad or atrocious act, object, or situation
hibernalof, relating to, or occurring in winter