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 |
|---|---|
| cognizance | a distinguishing mark or emblem (such as a heraldic bearing) |
| unsavory | insipid |
| burgeon | to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout |
| condole | grieve |
| visionary | having or marked by foresight and imagination |
| horoscope | a diagram of the relative positions of planets and signs of the zodiac at a specific time (as at one's birth) for use by astrologers in inferring individual character and personality traits and in foretelling events of a person's life |
| gazette | newspaper |
| relegate | to send into exile : banish |
| pecuniary | consisting of or measured in money |
| skimp | skimpy |