GRE Word List
BRAVE
having or showing mental or moral strength to face danger, fear, or difficulty : having or showing courage
The meaning of the word brave is having or showing mental or moral strength to face danger, fear, or difficulty : having or showing courage.
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| jocular | said or done as a joke : characterized by jesting : playful |
| penology | a branch of criminology dealing with prison management and the treatment of offenders |
| illuminate | to supply or brighten with light |
| amnesia | loss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness |
| humus | a brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic |
| feature | the structure, form, or appearance especially of a person |
| pert | saucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured |
| lilliputian | of, relating to, or characteristic of the Lilliputians or the island of Lilliput |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| carnal | relating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites |