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 |
|---|---|
| precarious | dependent on chance circumstances, unknown conditions, or uncertain developments |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| finite | having definite or definable limits |
| intimate | marked by a warm friendship developing through long association |
| abstract | disassociated from any specific instance |
| tendentious | marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased |
| substantive | having substance : involving matters of major or practical importance to all concerned |
| sophomoric | conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature |
| sinuous | of a serpentine or wavy form : winding |
| comport | to be fitting : accord |