GRE Word List
BRAND
a charred piece of wood
The meaning of the word brand is a charred piece of wood.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mincing | affectedly dainty or delicate |
| slough | a place of deep mud or mire |
| wry | twist |
| illuminate | to supply or brighten with light |
| unprepossessing | not tending to create a favorable impression : not prepossessing |
| swarm | a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere |
| careen | to put (a ship or boat) on a beach especially in order to clean, caulk, or repair the hull |
| verdigris | a green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates |
| finish | to come to an end : terminate |
| malleable | capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers |