GRE Word List
CHAFE
irritate
The meaning of the word chafe is irritate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| interpolate | to alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter |
| barterer | to trade by exchanging one commodity for another : to trade goods or services in exchange for other goods or services |
| turgid | excessively embellished in style or language : bombastic |
| rave | to talk irrationally in or as if in delirium |
| throttle | to compress the throat of : choke |
| sophist | philosopher |
| wean | to accustom (a young child or animal) to take food otherwise than by nursing |
| histrionic | deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical |
| thrifty | given to or marked by economy and good management |