GRE Word List
BRINK
edge
The meaning of the word brink is edge.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| promote | to advance in station, rank, or honor : raise |
| preamble | an introductory statement |
| ploy | escapade |
| impute | to lay the responsibility or blame for (something) often falsely or unjustly |
| dross | the scum or unwanted material that forms on the surface of molten metal |
| impuissance | weakness |
| incubate | to sit on (eggs) so as to hatch by the warmth of the body |
| pluck | to pull or pick off or out |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| waggish | resembling or characteristic of a wag |