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 |
|---|---|
| detrimental | obviously harmful : damaging |
| auroral | dawn |
| pigment | a substance that imparts black or white or a color to other materials |
| irascible | marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger |
| random | a haphazard course |
| decoy | a pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| prurient | marked by or arousing an immoderate or unwholesome interest or desire |
| collected | gathered together |
| conversant | having knowledge or experience |