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 |
|---|---|
| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
| shoddy | a reclaimed wool from materials that are not felted that is of better quality and longer staple than mungo |
| ardor | an often restless or transitory warmth of feeling |
| cantata | a composition for one or more voices usually comprising solos, duets, recitatives, and choruses and sung to an instrumental accompaniment |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| pecuniary | consisting of or measured in money |
| cliche | a trite phrase or expression |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| disapprobation | the act or state of disapproving : the state of being disapproved : condemnation |
| spare | not being used |