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 |
|---|---|
| gruff | rough, brusque, or stern in manner, speech, or aspect |
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| concordat | compact |
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |
| languor | weakness or weariness of body or mind |
| bane | a source of harm or ruin : curse |
| masochist | a person who derives sexual gratification from being subjected to physical pain or humiliation : an individual given to masochism |
| lunar | crescent |
| disquisition | a formal inquiry into or discussion of a subject : discourse |
| prevaricate | to deviate from the truth : equivocate |