GRE Word List

BRINK

edge

The meaning of the word brink is edge.

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WordMeaning
modishfashionable
tricksterone who tricks: such as
exceptwith the exclusion or exception of
adulterateto corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element
aloofremoved or distant either physically or emotionally
contemptthe act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain
fetishan object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner
egoisma doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action
sharda piece or fragment of a brittle substance
lividdiscolored by bruising : black-and-blue