GRE Word List
BRANDISH
to shake or wave (something, such as a weapon) menacingly
The meaning of the word brandish is to shake or wave (something, such as a weapon) menacingly.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| vouchsafe | to grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner |
| lachrymose | given to tears or weeping : tearful |
| carat | a unit of fineness for gold equal to ¹/₂₄ part of pure gold in an alloy |
| wisp | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| capricious | governed or characterized by caprice : impulsive |
| fray | a usually disorderly or protracted fight, struggle, or dispute |
| screech | a high shrill piercing cry usually expressing pain or terror |
| corollary | a proposition (see proposition |
| defer | put off |