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 |
|---|---|
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| hoard | a supply or fund stored up and often hidden away |
| deducible | to determine by reasoning or deduction |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| muster | a representative specimen (see specimen |
| colloquial | used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation |
| precedent | prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance |
| fauna | animal life |
| igneous | formed by solidification of magma |
| growl | rumble |