GRE Word List

CHAFE

irritate

The meaning of the word chafe is irritate.

Random words

WordMeaning
botchan inflammatory sore
elegya poem in elegiac couplets
derivativea word formed from another word or base : a word formed by derivation
meekenduring injury with patience and without resentment : mild
harryto make a pillaging or destructive raid on : assault
grandiloquenta lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language
elysianof or relating to Elysium
collateto compare critically
coniferany of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit
partisana firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or person