GRE Word List

BRAWNY

muscular

The meaning of the word brawny is muscular.

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sullyto make soiled or tarnished : defile
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pristinebelonging to the earliest period or state : original
blareto sound loud and strident
reinstateto place again (as in possession or in a former position)
posturethe position or bearing of the body whether characteristic or assumed for a special purpose
alchemya medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life
stumpthe basal portion of a bodily part remaining after the rest is removed