GRE Word List
CHISEL
a metal tool with a sharpened edge at one end used to chip, carve, or cut into a solid material (such as wood, stone, or metal)
The meaning of the word chisel is a metal tool with a sharpened edge at one end used to chip, carve, or cut into a solid material (such as wood, stone, or metal).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| stringent | tight |
| rapacious | excessively grasping or covetous |
| sonorous | producing sound (as when struck) |
| provisional | serving for the time being : temporary |
| ravenous | rapacious |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| levy | the imposition or collection of an assessment |
| vying | contending; to strive for superiority |
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| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |