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 |
|---|---|
| blandishment | something that tends to coax or cajole : allurement |
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
| transcendent | exceeding usual limits : surpassing |
| douse | to plunge into water |
| insurrection | an act or instance of revolting against civil authority or an established government |
| gamut | the whole series of recognized musical notes |
| impalpable | incapable of being felt by touch : intangible |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| anecdote | a usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident |
