GRE Word List
CHAFE
irritate
The meaning of the word chafe is irritate.
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elated | marked by high spirits : exultant |
retaliate | to return like for like |
actuate | to put into mechanical action or motion |
lope | an easy natural gait of a horse resembling a canter |
momentous | having great or lasting importance : consequential |
euthanasia | the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy |
shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |
isthmus | a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas |
slew | a large number |
decant | to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers |