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 |
|---|---|
| suppress | to put down by authority or force : subdue |
| effigy | an image or representation especially of a person |
| gleam | a transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light |
| rivulet | a small stream |
| burgeon | to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout |
| queer | differing in some way from what is usual or normal : odd |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| welter | writhe |
| apprehend | arrest |
| headfirst | with the head foremost |