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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WordMeaning
legatoin a manner that is smooth and connected (as between successive tones)
jibeto be in accord : agree
gustoan individual or special taste
ornatemarked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric
carnagethe flesh of slain animals or humans
convivialrelating to, occupied with, or fond of feasting, drinking, and good company
satirea literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn
pathologicalof or relating to pathology
decompositionto separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds
palleta straw-filled tick or mattress