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 |
|---|---|
| vagary | an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion |
| seduce | to persuade to disobedience or disloyalty |
| parody | a literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule |
| misconstrue | to interpret (something, such as a statement or action) wrongly : misinterpret |
| engross | to copy or write in a large hand |
| gouge | a chisel with a concavo-convex cross section |
| dormant | represented on a coat of arms in a lying position with the head on the forepaws |
| enmity | positive, active, and typically mutual hatred or ill will |
| hide | to put out of sight : secrete |
| emend | to correct usually by textual alterations |