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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WordMeaning
prepossessingcreating prejudice
generalitythe quality or state of being general
recurrentrunning or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course
asperityroughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger
mingleto bring or mix together or with something else usually without fundamental loss of identity : intermix
underlyinglying beneath or below
debutanteone making a debut (see debut
negligibleso small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling
gerontocracyrule by elders
carousala wild, drunken party or celebration : a drunken revel : carouse