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 |
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filch | to steal secretly or casually |
surfeit | an overabundant supply : excess |
archives | a place in which public records or historical materials (such as documents) are preserved |
quench | put out |
compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
culinary | of or relating to the kitchen or cookery |
seedy | containing or full of seeds |
warp | a series of yarns extended lengthwise in a loom and crossed by the weft |
foreshadow | to represent, indicate, or typify beforehand : prefigure |
zeal | eagerness and ardent interest in pursuit of something : fervor |