GRE Word List
WHET
to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone)
The meaning of the word whet is to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bode | to indicate (something, such as a future event) by signs : presage |
| robust | having or exhibiting strength or vigorous health |
| menace | a show of intention to inflict harm : threat |
| refute | to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous |
| callous | being hardened and thickened |
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |
| malediction | curse |
| clamber | to climb awkwardly or with effort especially by using both the hands and the feet |
| decorous | marked by propriety and good taste : correct |
| recidivism | a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior |