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 |
|---|---|
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |
| engage | to offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end |
| plump | to drop, sink, or come in contact suddenly or heavily |
| malediction | curse |
| counterpart | one of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate |
| dynamo | generator |
| cunning | dexterous or crafty in the use of special resources (such as skill or knowledge) or in attaining an end |
| vacuous | emptied of or lacking content |
| reprobate | an unprincipled or depraved person : scoundrel |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |