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 |
|---|---|
| leery | suspicious |
| canard | a false or unfounded report or story |
| spontaneity | the quality or state of being spontaneous |
| disburse | to pay out : expend especially from a fund |
| concentric | having a common center |
| scuffle | to struggle at close quarters with disorder and confusion |
| tipple | to drink liquor especially by habit or to excess |
| gaffe | a social or diplomatic blunder |
| pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |
| domineer | to exercise arbitrary or overbearing control |