GRE Word List
BRAWNY
muscular; having well-developed muscles
The meaning of the word brawny is muscular; having well-developed muscles.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| petty | trivial; unimportant; very small; small-minded; petty-minded |
| wilt | loose freshness; droop |
| choleric | hot-tempered; bad-tempered; irritable; easily angered; CF. cholera |
| coterie | group that meets socially; select circle; close group of people with shared interests |
| mealymouthed | indirect in speech (when something unpleasant must be said); hypocritical; evasive |
| sarcasm | cutting ironic remark; scornful remarks; stinging rebuke; ADJ. sarcastic |
| solemnity | seriousness; gravity |
| presentiment | premonition; foreboding; feeling something will happen; anticipatory fear |
| filth | dirty matter; ADJ. filthy |
| equivocal | (of words or statements) ambiguous; intentionally misleading; (of behavior) questionable; OP. unequivocal |