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 |
|---|---|
| impolitic | not politic : unwise |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| primp | to dress, adorn, or arrange in a careful or finicky manner |
| connivance | the act of conniving |
| 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 |
| vehement | marked by forceful energy : powerful |
| emblazon | to inscribe or adorn with or as if with heraldic bearings or devices |
| incoherent | lacking coherence: such as |
| flinch | to withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain : wince |
| respite | a period of temporary delay |