GRE Word List
CHAFE
irritate
The meaning of the word chafe is irritate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| temporal | of or relating to time as opposed to eternity |
| elevation | the height to which something is elevated: such as |
| disenfranchise | to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity |
| statutory | of or relating to statutes |
| convoluted | having convolutions |
| accoutre | to provide with equipment or furnishings : outfit |
| tepid | moderately warm : lukewarm |
| conscientious | meticulous |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| innuendo | an oblique allusion : hint |