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 |
|---|---|
| affront | to insult especially to the face by behavior or language |
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
| bifurcated | divided into two branches or parts |
| prop | something that props or sustains : support |
| calumny | a misrepresentation intended to harm another's reputation |
| tiller | one that tills : cultivator |
| exacting | tryingly or unremittingly severe in making demands |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| nourishment | food |
| withdrawn | removed from immediate contact or easy approach : isolated |