GRE Word List
RAKE
an implement equipped with projecting prongs to gather material (such as leaves) or for loosening or smoothing the surface of the ground
The meaning of the word rake is an implement equipped with projecting prongs to gather material (such as leaves) or for loosening or smoothing the surface of the ground.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| supplicate | to make a humble entreaty |
| ruminate | to go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly |
| address | to mark directions for delivery on |
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
| amalgamate | to unite in or as if in an amalgam |
| recast | to cast again |
| straggle | to wander from the direct course or way : rove |
| scrutinize | to examine closely and minutely |