GRE Word List
EXCORIATE
scold with biting harshness; censure strongly; strip the skin off
The meaning of the word excoriate is scold with biting harshness; censure strongly; strip the skin off.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| abode | dwelling place; home |
| gaunt | lean and angular; thin and bony; emaciated; barren |
| ruminate | chew over and over (mentally or, like cows, physically); mull over(ponder) |
| cavil | quibble; make frivolous objections; find fault unnecessarily |
| taper | very thin candle; gradual decrease in the width of a long object; V. make or become gradually narrower toward one end |
| chide | scold; rebuke (someone who has done wrong) |
| subaltern | subordinate |
| hibernal | wintry; wintery; of or like winter |
| nullify | make invalid; make null; invalidate |
| orthography | correct spelling; CF. ortho-: straight; correct; Ex. orthodontics |