GRE Word List
BREED
to produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation
The meaning of the word breed is to produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| malefactor | one who commits an offense against the law |
| oratorio | a lengthy choral work usually of a religious nature consisting chiefly of recitatives, arias, and choruses without action or scenery |
| connoisseur | expert |
| billowing | wave |
| misgivings | a feeling of doubt or suspicion especially concerning a future event |
| suppliant | supplicant |
| giddy | dizzy |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| stifle | to withhold from circulation or expression |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |