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 |
|---|---|
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |
| wheedle | to influence or entice by soft words or flattery |
| adjacent | not distant : nearby |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| hardy | bold |
| dorsal | an ornamental cloth hung behind and above an altar |
| portly | dignified |
| conflagration | fire |
| laud | praise |
| cornice | the molded and projecting horizontal member that crowns an architectural composition see column illustration |