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 |
|---|---|
| flout | to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn |
| veer | to change direction or course |
| waver | to vacillate irresolutely between choices : fluctuate in opinion, allegiance, or direction |
| glamor | an exciting and often illusory and romantic attractiveness |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| malfeasance | wrongdoing or misconduct especially by a public official |
| perdition | eternal damnation |
| grudge | to be unwilling to give or admit : give or allow reluctantly or resentfully |
| insatiable | incapable of being satisfied : quenchless |
| improvise | to compose, recite, play, or sing extemporaneously |