GRE Word List

BRAWNY

muscular

The meaning of the word brawny is muscular.

Random words

WordMeaning
arch-a typically curved structural member spanning an opening and serving as a support (as for the wall or other weight above the opening)
nugatoryof little or no consequence : trifling
pandemoniuma wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people)
phoenixa legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
figurativerepresenting by a figure or resemblance : emblematic
docileeasily taught
basethe bottom of something considered as its support : foundation
pluckto pull or pick off or out
rotundaa round building
helma lever or wheel controlling the rudder of a ship for steering