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 |
|---|---|
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
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| blanch | to take the color out of |
| detraction | a lessening of reputation or esteem especially by envious, malicious, or petty criticism : belittling |
| acetic | vinegary |
| vicissitude | the quality or state of being changeable : mutability |
| perforate | to make a hole through |
| mercantile | of or relating to merchants or trading |
| kindle | to start (a fire) burning : light |
| synchronous | happening, existing, or arising at precisely the same time |