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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |
| disperse | to cause to break up (see break up |
| demolition | the act of demolishing |
| paragon | a model of excellence or perfection |
| chisel | a metal tool with a sharpened edge at one end used to chip, carve, or cut into a solid material (such as wood, stone, or metal) |
| mincing | affectedly dainty or delicate |
| beleaguer | besiege |
| crescendo | a gradual increase |
| rag | a waste piece of cloth |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |