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).
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| millennium | the thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation |
| fraught | full of or accompanied by something specified |
| fulcrum | prop |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| disinclination | a preference for avoiding something : slight aversion |
| waver | to vacillate irresolutely between choices : fluctuate in opinion, allegiance, or direction |
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| sovereign | one possessing or held to possess supreme political power or sovereignty |
| foist | to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant |
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