GRE Word List
WHITTLE
a large knife
The meaning of the word whittle is a large knife.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| servitude | a condition in which one lacks liberty especially to determine one's course of action or way of life |
| fleck | streak |
| vegetate | to lead a passive existence without exertion of body or mind |
| mete | to give out by measure : dole out |
| slag | the dross or scoria of a metal |
| bar | a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide and has any of various uses (as for a lever, support, barrier, or fastening) |
| stump | the basal portion of a bodily part remaining after the rest is removed |
| nihilist | a viewpoint that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded and that existence is senseless and useless |
| demure | reserved |
| rapt | lifted up and carried away |