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 |
|---|---|
| conviction | the act or process of finding a person guilty of a crime especially in a court of law |
| gentry | upper or ruling class : aristocracy |
| deposition | a testifying especially before a court |
| horoscope | a diagram of the relative positions of planets and signs of the zodiac at a specific time (as at one's birth) for use by astrologers in inferring individual character and personality traits and in foretelling events of a person's life |
| gaffe | a social or diplomatic blunder |
| comeback | a sharp or witty reply : retort |
| shunt | to turn off to one side : shift |
| inarticulate | incapable of giving coherent, clear, or effective expression to one's ideas or feelings |
| prompt | to move to action : incite |
| feline | of, relating to, or affecting cats or the cat family |