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 |
|---|---|
| surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |
| sublimate | sublime |
| predator | an organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation |
| elated | marked by high spirits : exultant |
| exude | to ooze out |
| weather | the state of the atmosphere with respect to heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or cloudiness |
| continence | the ability to retain a bodily discharge voluntarily |
| marrow | bone marrow |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| accede | to express approval or give consent : to agree to a request or demand |