GRE Word List
BRITTLE
easily broken, cracked, or snapped
The meaning of the word brittle is easily broken, cracked, or snapped.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| monograph | a learned treatise on a small area of learning |
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |
| dorsal | an ornamental cloth hung behind and above an altar |
| plenitude | the quality or state of being full : completeness |
| elixir | a substance held capable of changing base metals into gold |
| egregious | conspicuous |
| gruff | rough, brusque, or stern in manner, speech, or aspect |
| gist | essence; main point; substance |