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 |
|---|---|
| soporific | causing or tending to cause sleep |
| piecemeal | one piece at a time : gradually |
| significant | having meaning |
| reprimand | a severe or formal reproof |
| defect | an imperfection or abnormality that impairs quality, function, or utility : shortcoming |
| hermitage | the habitation of a hermit |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| addle | rotten |
| doom | a law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England |
| vainglorious | marked by vainglory : boastful |