GRE Word List
BRINK
edge
The meaning of the word brink is edge.
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|---|---|
| novice | a person admitted to probationary membership in a religious community |
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| inhibited | to prohibit from doing something |
| gobble | to swallow or eat greedily |
| impertinent | given to or characterized by insolent rudeness |
| promulgate | to make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim |
| peremptory | putting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay |
| expository | of, relating to, or containing exposition |