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 |
|---|---|
| gorge | a narrow passage through land |
| fallible | liable to be erroneous |
| apologist | someone who speaks or writes in defense of someone or something that is typically controversial, unpopular, or subject to criticism |
| obdurate | stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing |
| antagonism | opposition of a conflicting force, tendency, or principle |
| goad | to incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad |
| obsidian | a dark natural glass formed by the cooling of molten lava |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| awful | extremely disagreeable or objectionable |
| studious | assiduous in the pursuit of learning |