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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| shade | comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light |
| dwindle | to become steadily less : shrink |
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| deploy | to extend (a military unit) especially in width |
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| indeterminate | not definitely or precisely determined or fixed : vague |
| privation | an act or instance of depriving : deprivation |
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| nominal | of, relating to, or being a noun or a word or expression taking a noun construction |
| accrue | to come into existence as a legally enforceable claim |