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 |
|---|---|
| infer | to derive as a conclusion from facts or premises |
| mandatory | required by a law or rule : obligatory |
| coin | corner |
| stagnant | not flowing in a current or stream |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| polemic | an aggressive attack on or refutation of the opinions or principles of another |
| shackle | something (such as a manacle or fetter) that confines the legs or arms |
| mnemonic | assisting or intended to assist memory |
| loll | to hang loosely or laxly : droop |
| 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 |