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 |
|---|---|
| coercion | the act, process, or power of coercing |
| alcove | a small recessed section of a room : nook |
| skirmish | a minor fight in war usually incidental to larger movements |
| ecologist | a branch of science concerned with the interrelationship of organisms and their environments |
| blemish | to spoil by a flaw |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| bombast | pretentious inflated speech or writing |
| slack | not using due diligence, care, or dispatch : negligent |
| sensuous | of or relating to the senses or sensible objects |
| fell | skin |