GRE Word List
WHITTLE
a large knife
The meaning of the word whittle is a large knife.
Random words
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|---|---|
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |
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| tenant | one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements of another |
| remittance | a sum of money remitted |
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| impersonal | having no personal reference or connection |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
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