GRE Word List

RASPY

harsh

The meaning of the word raspy is harsh.

Random words

WordMeaning
vendorone that vends : seller
timorousof a timid disposition : fearful
sporadicoccurring occasionally, singly, or in irregular or random instances
browseto eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse
gossamera film of cobwebs floating in air in calm clear weather
xenophobiafear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign
ghastlyterrifyingly horrible to the senses : frightening
metaphora figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money)
straggleto wander from the direct course or way : rove
wardthe action or process of guarding