GRE Word List
CHAFE
irritate
The meaning of the word chafe is irritate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impassive | giving no sign of feeling or emotion : expressionless |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| rampart | a protective barrier : bulwark |
| penitent | feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant |
| notoriety | the quality or state of being notorious |
| quash | to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely |
| illusion | a misleading image presented to the vision : optical illusion |
| fresco | the art of painting on freshly spread moist lime plaster with water-based pigments |
| ineffable | incapable of being expressed in words : indescribable |
| reconnaissance | a preliminary survey to gain information |