GRE Word List
WHITTLE
a large knife
The meaning of the word whittle is a large knife.
Random words
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|---|---|
| nostrum | a medicine of secret composition recommended by its preparer but usually without scientific proof of its effectiveness |
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| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| secrete | to form and give off (a secretion) |
| warp | a series of yarns extended lengthwise in a loom and crossed by the weft |
| apolitical | having no interest or involvement in political affairs |
| memorialize | to address or petition by a memorial |
| predecessor | one that precedes |
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| impropriety | an improper or indecorous act or remark |