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 |
|---|---|
| buttress | a projecting structure of masonry or wood for supporting or giving stability to a wall or building |
| murky | characterized by a heavy dimness or obscurity caused by or like that caused by overhanging fog or smoke |
| hedonist | a person who is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure : someone who practices hedonism |
| elaborate | planned or carried out with great care |
| distinct | distinguishable to the eye or mind as being discrete (see discrete |
| travail | work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| impenetrable | incapable of being penetrated or pierced |
| pore | to gaze intently |
| exotic | introduced from another country : not native to the place where found |