GRE Word List
PESTLE
a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration
The meaning of the word pestle is a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| castigation | to subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism |
| trappings | outward signs |
| scorch | to burn a surface of so as to change its color and texture |
| engaging | tending to draw favorable attention or interest : attractive |
| provision | the act or process of providing |
| expatriate | banish |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| naivete | a naive remark or action |
| perimeter | the boundary of a closed plane figure |
| aberrant | deviating from the usual or natural type : atypical |