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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| submerge | to put under water |
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| stem | the main trunk of a plant |
| illusive | based on or producing illusion : illusory |
| abrasive | causing damage, wear, or removal of surface material by grinding or rubbing : tending to abrade |
| astute | having or showing shrewdness and an ability to notice and understand things clearly : mentally sharp or clever |
| incongruity | the quality or state of being incongruous |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| gerontocracy | rule by elders |