GRE Word List
CHAFE
irritate
The meaning of the word chafe is irritate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |
| disembark | to remove to shore from a ship |
| adventitious | coming from another source and not inherent or innate |
| chauvinist | an attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex |
| clip | encompass |
| stupor | a condition of greatly dulled or completely suspended sense or sensibility |
| dearth | scarcity that makes dear |
| tessellated | having a checkered appearance |
| muster | a representative specimen (see specimen |
| expropriate | to deprive of possession or proprietary rights |