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 |
|---|---|
| unseemly | not seemly: such as |
| skirmish | a minor fight in war usually incidental to larger movements |
| pare | to trim off an outside, excess, or irregular part of |
| felicitous | very well suited or expressed : apt |
| miasma | a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease |
| mitigate | to cause to become less harsh or hostile : mollify |
| lout | to bow in respect |
| temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness |
| document | proof |
| sojourn | a temporary stay |