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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predisposeto dispose in advance
broodthe young of an animal or a family of young
boostto push or shove up from below
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egotismexcessive use of the first person singular personal pronoun
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winceto shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch
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impermeablenot permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance