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 |
|---|---|
| confine | something (such as borders or walls) that encloses |
| transcribe | to make a written copy of |
| pseudonym | a fictitious name |
| glaze | to furnish or fit with glass |
| serendipity | the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for |
| memoir | an official note or report : memorandum |
| chameleon | any of a family (Chamaeleontidae) of chiefly arboreal (see arboreal |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| histrionic | deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical |
| revulsion | a strong pulling or drawing away : withdrawal |