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 |
|---|---|
| enclave | a distinct territorial, cultural, or social unit enclosed within or as if within foreign territory |
| corpuscle | a minute particle |
| context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
| filth | foul or putrid matter |
| pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |
| 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 |
| apiarist | beekeeper |
| vixen | a female fox |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |