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 |
|---|---|
| forbearance | a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due |
| wrench | to move with a violent twist |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| cadaverous | of or relating to a corpse |
| motley | variegated in color |
| gust | the sensation of taste |
| rubble | broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building |
| stickler | one who insists on exactness or completeness in the observance of something |
| capacity | legal competency (see competence |
| recess | the action of receding : recession |