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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| precipitate | to throw violently : hurl |
| renege | to go back on a promise or commitment |
| distill | to let fall, exude, or precipitate (see precipitate |
| soluble | susceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water |
| excise | an internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity |
| coalesce | to grow together |
| dank | unpleasantly moist or wet |
| scraps | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| macabre | having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death |
| pinnace | a light sailing ship |