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 |
|---|---|
| slack | not using due diligence, care, or dispatch : negligent |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| problematic | posing a problem : difficult to solve or decide |
| malfeasance | wrongdoing or misconduct especially by a public official |
| overweening | arrogant |
| trenchant | keen |
| sartorial | of or relating to a tailor or tailored clothes |
| parody | a literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule |
| polarize | to cause to vibrate in a definite pattern |
| exegesis | exposition |