GRE Word List
RASPY
harsh
The meaning of the word raspy is harsh.
Random words
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stipple | to engrave by means of dots and flicks |
prostrate | stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission |
prize | something offered or striven for in competition or in contests of chance |
anoint | to smear or rub with oil or an oily substance |
obsidian | a dark natural glass formed by the cooling of molten lava |
libretto | the text of a work (such as an opera) for the musical theater |
goad | to incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad |
lackluster | lacking in sheen, brilliance, or vitality : dull |
sheer | unqualified |
vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |