GRE Word List
EXCORIATE
to wear off the skin of : abrade
The meaning of the word excoriate is to wear off the skin of : abrade.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| brawny | muscular |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| repulsion | the action of repulsing : the state of being repulsed |
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
| disabuse | to free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| herald | an official at a tournament of arms (see arm |
| conspiracy | the act of conspiring together |
| freebooter | pirate |
| ascetic | practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline |