GRE Word List

FLAY

to strip off the skin or surface of : skin

The meaning of the word flay is to strip off the skin or surface of : skin.

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punitiveinflicting, involving, or aiming at punishment
forensicbelonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate
augmentto make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense
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anvila heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering)