GRE Word List
FLAIL
a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely
The meaning of the word flail is a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impolitic | not politic : unwise |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| hale | free from defect, disease, or infirmity : sound |
| momentum | a property (see property |
| affiliation | the state or relation of being closely associated or affiliated with a particular person, group, party, company, etc. |
| reprimand | a severe or formal reproof |
| debauch | to corrupt by intemperance or sensuality |
| savory | having savor: such as |
| disjunction | a sharp cleavage : disunion |
| visage | the face, countenance, or appearance of a person or sometimes an animal |