GRE Word List
BRISTLE
a short stiff coarse hair or filament
The meaning of the word bristle is a short stiff coarse hair or filament.
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|---|---|
| docket | a brief written summary of a document : abstract |
| prepossessing | creating prejudice |
| mellifluous | having a smooth rich flow |
| induct | to put in formal possession (as of a benefice or office) : install |
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |
| transient | passing especially quickly into and out of existence : transitory |
| interdict | a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district |
| recrimination | a retaliatory accusation |
| exotic | introduced from another country : not native to the place where found |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |