GRE Word List
CHAFE
irritate
The meaning of the word chafe is irritate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| shackle | something (such as a manacle or fetter) that confines the legs or arms |
| snub | to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke |
| sporadic | occurring occasionally, singly, or in irregular or random instances |
| vacillate | to waver in mind, will, or feeling : hesitate in choice of opinions or courses |
| abut | to border on : to touch along an edge |
| rig | to fit out with rigging |
| opulence | wealth |
| crass | gross |
| forum | the marketplace or public place of an ancient Roman city forming the center of judicial and public business |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |