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 |
|---|---|
| profligate | wildly extravagant |
| dilatory | tending or intended to cause delay |
| tightwad | a close or miserly person |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| stock | a store or supply accumulated or available |
| clandestine | marked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy : surreptitious |
| dwindle | to become steadily less : shrink |
| aloft | at or to a great height |
| consecrate | dedicated to a sacred purpose |
| trident | a 3-pronged spear serving in classical mythology as the attribute of a sea god (such as Neptune) |