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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| appall | dismay; shock deeply |
| spontaneity | lack of premeditation; naturalness; freedom from constraint; ADJ. spontaneous: self-generated; unpremeditated; happening without being planned |
| fret | be annoyed or vexed; Ex. fret over your poor grades; N: irritation of mind; ADJ. fretful |
| interrogate | question closely; cross-examine; cross-question |
| gracious | kind in a generous way (to someone less important) |
| gavel | hammerlike tool; mallet(wooden hammer) used by a presiding officer or an auctioneer; V. |
| stealth | action of moving secretly or unseen; slyness; sneakiness; secretiveness; ADJ. stealthy |
| hypochondriac | person unduly worried about his health; worrier without cause about illness; ADJ. CF. hypochondria: neurosis that one is or is becoming ill; CF. abdomen |
| bellicose | warlike |
| slag | glassy residue from smelting metal; dross; waste matter |
