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 |
|---|---|
| regale | to entertain sumptuously : feast with delicacies |
| instigate | to goad or urge forward : provoke |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| entourage | one's attendants or associates |
| pacifist | an adherent to pacifism : someone who opposes war or violence as a means of settling disputes |
| rancor | bitter deep-seated ill will |
| aboriginal | being the first or earliest known of its kind present in a region |
| dribble | to issue sporadically and in small bits |
| foist | to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant |
| furrow | a trench in the earth made by a plow |