GRE Word List
CHAFE
irritate
The meaning of the word chafe is irritate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bookish | of or relating to books |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
| heyday | the period of one's greatest popularity, vigor, or prosperity |
| arrogance | an attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions |
| wily | full of wiles : crafty |
| taut | having no give or slack : tightly drawn |
| foster | having, relating to, or being the relationship between a foster parent and the child who the foster parent cares for |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| benediction | the invocation (see invocation |
| importunate | troublesomely urgent : overly persistent in request or demand |