GRE Word List
BRISTLE
a short stiff coarse hair or filament
The meaning of the word bristle is a short stiff coarse hair or filament.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| generality | the quality or state of being general |
| predetermine | foreordain |
| pandemonium | a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people) |
| cerebration | to use the mind : think |
| funereal | of or relating to a funeral |
| crotchety | given to crotchets (see crotchet |
| mute | unable to speak : lacking the power of speech |
| amity | friendship |
| shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |
| sly | wise in practical affairs |