GRE Word List
BRAZEN
made of brass
The meaning of the word brazen is made of brass.
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dowry | the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage |
token | a piece resembling a coin issued for use (as for fare on a bus) by a particular group on specified terms |
whiff | a quick puff or slight gust especially of air, odor, gas, smoke, or spray |
pontifical | episcopal attire |
preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
compost | a mixture that consists largely of decayed organic matter and is used for fertilizing and conditioning land |
precipitant | precipitate |
smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
doldrums | a spell of listlessness or despondency |
incubus | an evil spirit that lies on persons in their sleep |