GRE Word List
BRISTLING
a short stiff coarse hair or filament
The meaning of the word bristling is a short stiff coarse hair or filament.
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| irate | roused to ire |
| solicit | to make petition to : entreat |
| ceremonious | devoted to forms and ceremony |
| lout | to bow in respect |
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| vitriolic | bitterly harsh or caustic language or criticism |
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| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |