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 |
|---|---|
| emblazon | to inscribe or adorn with or as if with heraldic bearings or devices |
| garner | to gather into storage |
| catastrophe | a momentous tragic event ranging from extreme misfortune to utter overthrow or ruin |
| cauterize | to sear with a cautery or caustic |
| confidant | one to whom secrets are entrusted |
| lavish | expending or bestowing profusely : prodigal |
| prefigure | to show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type, image, or likeness |
| postmortem | done, occurring, or collected after death |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| dull | tedious |