GRE Word List
CHAFE
irritate
The meaning of the word chafe is irritate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| sidetrack | siding |
| delve | excavate |
| weird | of strange or extraordinary character : odd |
| rakish | of, relating to, or characteristic of a rake : dissolute |
| intolerant | unable or unwilling to endure |
| countermand | to revoke (a command) by a contrary order |
| wily | full of wiles : crafty |
| prim | to give a prim or demure expression to |
| castigation | to subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism |