GRE Word List
WHITTLE
a large knife
The meaning of the word whittle is a large knife.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ascendancy | governing or controlling influence : domination |
| figurative | representing by a figure or resemblance : emblematic |
| pulchritude | physical comeliness |
| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |
| desecrate | to violate the sanctity of : profane |
| catastrophe | a momentous tragic event ranging from extreme misfortune to utter overthrow or ruin |
| animus | a usually prejudiced and often spiteful or malevolent ill will |
| inexorable | not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped : relentless |
| synthetic | relating to or involving synthesis : not analytic |
| pilfer | steal |