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 |
|---|---|
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| flout | to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn |
| accrue | to come into existence as a legally enforceable claim |
| pacifist | an adherent to pacifism : someone who opposes war or violence as a means of settling disputes |
| anachronism | an error in chronology |
| rousing | giving rise to excitement : stirring |
| prevaricate | to deviate from the truth : equivocate |
| ebullient | boiling |
| welt | a strip between a shoe sole and upper through which they are stitched or stapled together |
| mollycoddle | to treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention |