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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| kindred | of a similar nature or character : like |
| leery | suspicious |
| protract | to prolong in time or space : continue |
| granary | a storehouse for threshed grain |
| qualify | to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify |
| libertine | a freethinker especially in religious matters |
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| inexorable | not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped : relentless |
| suture | a strand or fiber used to sew parts of the living body |
| coalesce | to grow together |