GRE Word List
WHITTLE
a large knife
The meaning of the word whittle is a large knife.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| optional | involving an option : not compulsory |
| simper | to smile in a silly, affected, or ingratiating manner |
| primary | first in order of time or development : primitive |
| adventitious | coming from another source and not inherent or innate |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |
| rhapsodize | to speak or write in a rhapsodic manner |
| tatter | to make ragged |
| scurrilous | using or given to coarse language |
| dormant | represented on a coat of arms in a lying position with the head on the forepaws |
| dilute | attenuate |