GRE Word List
CHAFE
irritate
The meaning of the word chafe is irritate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| killjoy | one who spoils the pleasure of others |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| debilitate | to impair the strength of : enfeeble |
| obnoxious | odiously or disgustingly objectionable : highly offensive |
| sluice | an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow |
| random | a haphazard course |
| maul | a heavy often wooden-headed hammer used especially for driving wedges |
| blasphemy | the act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for God |
| cordon | an ornamental cord or ribbon |
| fete | festival |