GRE Word List
CHAFE
irritate
The meaning of the word chafe is irritate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| disavowal | to deny responsibility for : repudiate |
| contest | strive |
| rotundity | marked by roundness : rounded |
| genealogy | an account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or from older forms |
| adversary | one that contends with, opposes, or resists : an enemy or opponent |
| requite | to make return for : repay |
| fusion | the act or process of liquefying or rendering plastic by heat |
| nugatory | of little or no consequence : trifling |
| bemoan | to express deep grief or distress over |
| hazy | made dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze |