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 |
|---|---|
| unsightly | not pleasing to the sight : not comely |
| corpulent | having a large bulky body : obese |
| annul | to declare or make legally invalid or void |
| contrive | devise |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| jocular | said or done as a joke : characterized by jesting : playful |
| elliptical | of, relating to, or shaped like an ellipse |
| incorporate | to unite or work into something already existent so as to form an indistinguishable whole |
| leaven | a substance (such as yeast) used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid |
| nauseous | causing nausea or disgust : nauseating |