GRE Word List

BRAZEN

made of brass

The meaning of the word brazen is made of brass.

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abstrusedifficult to comprehend : recondite
asymmetrichaving two sides or halves that are not the same : not symmetrical
cloistera monastic establishment
miniaturea copy on a much reduced scale
porridgea soft food made by boiling meal of grains or legumes in milk or water until thick
ordeala primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control
repastsomething taken as food : meal
centigraderelating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point
touchstonea fundamental or quintessential part or feature : basis
quaffto drink (a usually alcoholic beverage) heartily or copiously