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 |
|---|---|
| forsake | to renounce or turn away from entirely |
| fundamental | serving as a basis supporting existence or determining essential structure or function : basic |
| mete | to give out by measure : dole out |
| kleptomaniac | a person evidencing kleptomania |
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |
| except | with the exclusion or exception of |
| flotsam | floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo |
| expostulation | an act or an instance of expostulating |
| dichotomy | a division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities |
| unprecedented | having no precedent : novel |