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 |
|---|---|
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |
| compile | to compose out of materials from other documents |
| swathe | a band used in swathing |
| civil | of or relating to citizens |
| slew | a large number |
| obdurate | stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing |
| mundane | of, relating to, or characteristic of the world |
| offhand | without premeditation or preparation : extempore |
| veto | an authoritative prohibition : interdiction |
| sate | satisfy to the full; satisfy to excess; cloy |