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 |
|---|---|
| forthcoming | being about to appear or to be produced or made available |
| referendum | the principle or practice of submitting to popular vote a measure passed on or proposed by a legislative body or by popular initiative |
| plaster | a medicated or protective dressing that consists of a film (as of cloth or plastic) spread with a usually medicated substance |
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |
| bluff | having a broad flattened front |
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |
| elysian | of or relating to Elysium |
| glow | to shine with or as if with an intense heat |
| metamorphosis | change of physical form, structure, or substance especially by supernatural means |
| partition | the action of parting : the state of being parted : division |