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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shystera person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger
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paragona model of excellence or perfection
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petrifyto convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter