GRE Word List
RASP
to rub with something rough
The meaning of the word rasp is to rub with something rough.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| wallow | to roll oneself about in a lazy, relaxed, or ungainly manner |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| incumbent | the holder of an office or ecclesiastical benefice |
| disbar | to expel from the bar or the legal profession : deprive (an attorney) of legal status and privileges |
| pinch | to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument |
| boor | peasant |
| remunerative | serving to remunerate |
| rational | having reason or understanding |
| immure | to enclose within or as if within walls |
| mongrel | an individual resulting from the interbreeding of diverse breeds (see breed |