GRE Word List
CHAFE
irritate
The meaning of the word chafe is irritate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fusion | the act or process of liquefying or rendering plastic by heat |
| winnow | to remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air |
| variegated | having discrete markings of different colors |
| bigot | a person who is obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices |
| deranged | mentally unsound : crazy |
| encompass | include |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| dehydrate | to remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water |
| formidable | causing fear, dread, or apprehension |
| obtuse | not pointed or acute : blunt |