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 |
|---|---|
| rectitude | moral correctness; moral uprightness; moral virtue; correctness of judgment |
| rapacious | voracious; ravenous; taking everything one can; excessively grasping; plundering; subsisting on live prey; Ex. rapacious birds |
| ineffectual | not effective; not having a desired effect; weak |
| demean | disgrace; humiliate; debase in dignity; behave |
| oversee | watch over and direct; supervise; N. oversight: unintentional failure to notice or do something; supervision |
| disinter | dig up; unearth; OP. inter |
| hostility | unfriendliness; hatred; enmity; ADJ. hostile |
| factious | inclined to form factions; causing dissension |
| mollify | soothe an angry person |
| dogged | determined; stubborn; stubbornly persevering; tenacious; Ex. Inspector Javert's dogged pursuit of Jean Valjean |
