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).
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| invalidate | to make invalid |
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| ameliorate | to make better or more tolerable |
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| swindler | to obtain money or property by fraud or deceit |
| compute | to determine especially by mathematical means |
| arcane | known or knowable only to a few people : secret |