GRE Word List
RASP
to rub with something rough
The meaning of the word rasp is to rub with something rough.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| catechism | oral instruction |
| eulogy | a commendatory oration or writing especially in honor of one deceased |
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |
| sepulcher | a place of burial : tomb |
| ferret | a domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat |
| ensue | to strive to attain : pursue |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |
| irresolute | uncertain how to act or proceed : vacillating |
| drudgery | dull, irksome, and fatiguing work : uninspiring or menial labor |