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 |
|---|---|
| oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |
| parallelism | the quality or state of being parallel |
| ebb | the reflux of the tide toward the sea |
| incrustation | a crust or hard coating |
| nadir | the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the zenith and vertically downward from the observer |
| mausoleum | a large tomb |
| lilliputian | of, relating to, or characteristic of the Lilliputians or the island of Lilliput |
| veneer | a thin sheet of a material: such as |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| archives | a place in which public records or historical materials (such as documents) are preserved |