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

WordMeaning
forgea furnace or a shop with its furnace where metal is heated and wrought : smithy
clichea trite phrase or expression
documentproof
sybaritevoluptuary
epitaphan inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there
numismatistthe study or collection of coins, tokens, and paper money and sometimes related objects (such as medals)
primethe second of the canonical hours
hereafterafter this in sequence or in time
implementa device used in the performance of a task : tool
ensueto strive to attain : pursue