GRE Word List

GRATE

grating

The meaning of the word grate is grating.

Random words

WordMeaning
tenaciousnot easily pulled apart : cohesive
rationa food allowance for one day
extortto obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring
floraa treatise on or list of the plants of an area or period
sanguinemarked by eager hopefulness : confidently optimistic
dolorouscausing, marked by, or expressing misery or grief
curmudgeona crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old man
augmentto make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense
desperatehaving lost hope
vignettea picture (such as an engraving or photograph) that shades off gradually into the surrounding paper