GRE Word List
BRITTLE
easily broken, cracked, or snapped
The meaning of the word brittle is easily broken, cracked, or snapped.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| saunter | to walk about in an idle or leisurely manner : stroll |
| precarious | dependent on chance circumstances, unknown conditions, or uncertain developments |
| canker | an erosive or spreading sore |
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| humanitarian | a person promoting human welfare and social reform : philanthropist |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| exuberance | the quality or state of being exuberant |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
| bane | a source of harm or ruin : curse |
| decelerate | to reduce the speed of : slow down |