GRE Word List
RASP
to rub with something rough
The meaning of the word rasp is to rub with something rough.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dissipate | to break up and drive off |
| castrate | to deprive (a male animal or person) of the testes |
| kleptomaniac | a person evidencing kleptomania |
| maniacal | affected with or suggestive of madness |
| moribund | being in the state of dying : approaching death |
| pacify | to allay the anger or agitation of : soothe |
| affirmation | the act of affirming |
| gibe | to utter taunting words |
| inured | to accustom to accept something undesirable |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |