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

WordMeaning
shunto avoid deliberately and especially habitually
unscathedwholly unharmed : not injured
leewayan allowable margin of freedom or variation : tolerance
insidioushaving a gradual and cumulative effect : subtle
succorrelief
invulnerableincapable of being wounded, injured, or harmed
veneera thin sheet of a material: such as
alliterationthe repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs)
lagoona shallow sound, channel, or pond near or communicating with a larger body of water
heedto pay attention