GRE Word List
HONE
to sharpen or smooth with a whetstone
The meaning of the word hone is to sharpen or smooth with a whetstone.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pejorative | a word or phrase that has negative connotations (see connotation |
| plight | to put or give in pledge : engage |
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |
| incursion | a hostile entrance into a territory : raid |
| indulgent | willing to allow excessive leniency, generosity, or consideration : indulging or characterized by indulgence |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |
| incubate | to sit on (eggs) so as to hatch by the warmth of the body |
| vegetate | to lead a passive existence without exertion of body or mind |
| doggerel | loosely styled and irregular in measure especially for burlesque or comic effect |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |