GRE Word List
BRAND
a charred piece of wood
The meaning of the word brand is a charred piece of wood.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| temporal | of or relating to time as opposed to eternity |
| modulate | to tune to a key or pitch |
| conglomeration | the act of conglomerating : the state of being conglomerated |
| hue | overall character or appearance to the mind : complexion |
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| compatible | capable of existing together in harmony |
| ameliorate | to make better or more tolerable |
| pithy | consisting of or abounding in pith |
| bacchanal | orgy |