GRE Word List

BRAWNY

muscular

The meaning of the word brawny is muscular.

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platonicof, relating to, or characteristic of Plato or Platonism
diversionthe act or an instance of diverting or straying from a course, activity, or use : deviation
draughta rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task
gyroscopea 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
abolishto end the observance or effect of (something, such as a law) : to completely do away with (something) : annul
disquisitiona formal inquiry into or discussion of a subject : discourse
laconicusing or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious
withdrawnremoved from immediate contact or easy approach : isolated
scabbarda sheath for a sword, dagger, or bayonet
tendentiousmarked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased