GRE Word List
CHAFE
irritate
The meaning of the word chafe is irritate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| paradigm | example |
| spoilsport | one who spoils the sport or pleasure of others |
| artless | lacking art, knowledge, or skill : uncultured |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| untenable | not able to be defended |
| peruse | to examine or consider with attention and in detail : study |
| incontinent | not continent: such as |
| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
| paramour | lover |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |