GRE Word List
WHITTLE
pare; cut away thin bits (from wood); fashion in this way; reduce gradually; trim
The meaning of the word whittle is pare; cut away thin bits (from wood); fashion in this way; reduce gradually; trim.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| quip | taunt; clever sarcastic remark; V. |
| usurp | seize another's power or rank (without legal authority); supplant; appropriate; N. usurpation; CF. take for one's own use |
| insurgent | rebellious; N. |
| peer | one who has equal standing with another; nobleman; V: look intently; N. peerage; CF. peeress |
| puissant | powerful; strong; potent; N. puissance: power |
| authoritarian | subordinating the individual to the state; completely dominating another's will; Ex. authoritarian regime/father |
| repose | resting; state of being at rest; calmness; V: lie at rest; relax; put or place; Ex. repose our hopes in a single man |
| stilted | bombastic; stiffly pompous; Ex. stilted rhetoric; CF. stiff: formal |
| seethe | be violently disturbed; boil; (of a liquid) move about wildly as if boiling; Ex. The nation was seething with discontent. |
| arid | (of land) dry; barren; unproductive |
