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 |
|---|---|
| impersonal | having no personal reference or connection |
| enmity | positive, active, and typically mutual hatred or ill will |
| salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |
| irreparable | not reparable : irremediable |
| rag | a waste piece of cloth |
| solitude | the quality or state of being alone or remote from society : seclusion |
| pique | to excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff |
| palatial | of, relating to, or being a palace |
| strut | to become turgid : swell |
| airy | of or relating to air : atmospheric |