GRE Word List
SHAVING
the act of one that shaves
The meaning of the word shaving is the act of one that shaves.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| apothecary | one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes |
| consecrate | dedicated to a sacred purpose |
| implode | to burst inward |
| scraps | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| colloquial | used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation |
| avalanche | a large mass of snow, ice, earth, rock, or other material in swift motion down a mountainside or over a precipice |
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |
| advocacy | the act or process of supporting a cause or proposal : the act or process of advocating (see advocate |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| threadbare | having the nap worn off so that the thread shows : shabby |