GRE Word List
WHITTLE
a large knife
The meaning of the word whittle is a large knife.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prehensile | adapted for seizing or grasping especially by wrapping around |
| swamp | a wetland often partially or intermittently covered with water |
| truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |
| laceration | the act of lacerating |
| extrapolation | to predict by projecting past experience or known data |
| eddy | a current of water or air running contrary to the main current |
| esoteric | designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone |
| puny | slight or inferior in power, size, or importance : weak |
| memoir | an official note or report : memorandum |
| rift | fissure |