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 |
|---|---|
| wring | to squeeze or twist especially so as to make dry or to extract moisture or liquid |
| trepidation | a nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation : apprehension |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| capacity | legal competency (see competence |
| repast | something taken as food : meal |
| random | a haphazard course |
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
| quay | a structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place |
| compendium | a brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract |
| fructify | to bear fruit |