GRE Word List
CHAFE
irritate
The meaning of the word chafe is irritate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| decry | to depreciate (something, such as a coin) officially or publicly |
| adore | to worship or honor as a deity or as divine |
| halfhearted | lacking heart, spirit, or interest |
| incapacitate | to deprive of capacity or natural power : disable |
| nominal | of, relating to, or being a noun or a word or expression taking a noun construction |
| snub | to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke |
| sidereal | of, relating to, or expressed in relation to stars or constellations : astral |
| insubordination | disobedient to authority |
| ascribe | to refer to a supposed cause, source, or author : to say or think that (something) is caused by, comes from, or is associated with a particular person or thing |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |