GRE Word List

CHAFE

irritate

The meaning of the word chafe is irritate.

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temporalof or relating to time as opposed to eternity
elevationthe height to which something is elevated: such as
disenfranchiseto deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity
statutoryof or relating to statutes
convolutedhaving convolutions
accoutreto provide with equipment or furnishings : outfit
tepidmoderately warm : lukewarm
conscientiousmeticulous
vertebrateany of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life
innuendoan oblique allusion : hint