GRE Word List

WHITTLE

a large knife

The meaning of the word whittle is a large knife.

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WordMeaning
sententiousgiven to or abounding in aphoristic expression
blueslow spirits : melancholy
ferreta domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat
maritimeof, relating to, or bordering on the sea
empathythe action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner
prudea person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum
libidoinstinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity
gustythe sensation of taste
purgeto clear of guilt
aloftat or to a great height