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 |
|---|---|
| onerous | involving, imposing, or constituting a burden : troublesome |
| diverse | differing from one another : unlike |
| profound | having intellectual depth and insight |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| conception | the process of becoming pregnant involving fertilization or implantation or both |
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |
| draconian | of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him |
| mute | unable to speak : lacking the power of speech |
| amiss | in a mistaken way : wrongly |
| luxuriate | to grow profusely : thrive |