GRE Word List
BRINK
edge
The meaning of the word brink is edge.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gratuity | something given voluntarily or beyond obligation usually for some service |
| obdurate | stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing |
| adherent | one who adheres to something: such as |
| carnal | relating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites |
| urgent | calling for immediate attention : pressing |
| factitious | produced by humans rather than by natural forces |
| trigger | a piece (such as a lever) connected with a catch or detent as a means of releasing it |
| odorous | having an odor: such as |
| divest | to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |