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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absolveto set (someone) free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt
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firebranda piece of burning wood
applicationan act of applying:
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circumventto manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem
encipherto convert (a message) into cipher