GRE Word List
TANNER
person who turns animal hides into leather
The meaning of the word tanner is person who turns animal hides into leather.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| crinkle | wrinkle |
| harrowing | agonizing; distressing; traumatic; V. harrow: break up and level (soil) with a harrow; inflict great distress on; agonize; N: farming machine to break up the earth |
| ornate | excessively or elaborately decorated |
| tawdry | cheap and gaudy; Ex. tawdry jewelry |
| emanate | issue forth; come out |
| vernal | pertaining to spring |
| sever | separate; cut off (a part) from a whole; break up (a relationship); N. severance; CF. severance pay: extra pay given an employee upon leaving a position |
| prefatory | introductory; of a preface |
| distort | twist out of shape; give a false account of; misrepresent; N. distortion |
| wince | move back suddenly; shrink back; flinch; Ex. She winced as she touched the cold body. |