GRE Word List
GOUGE
a chisel with a concavo-convex cross section
The meaning of the word gouge is a chisel with a concavo-convex cross section.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pernicious | highly injurious or destructive : deadly |
| ostensible | intended for display : open to view |
| deliberate | to think about or discuss issues and decisions carefully |
| progenitor | an ancestor in the direct line : forefather |
| recipient | one that receives : receiver |
| irretrievable | not retrievable : impossible to regain or recover |
| tithe | a tenth part of something paid as a voluntary contribution or as a tax especially for the support of a religious establishment |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| dormer | a window set vertically in a structure projecting through a sloping roof |
| muster | a representative specimen (see specimen |