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 |
|---|---|
| polyglot | one who is polyglot |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| enigma | something hard to understand or explain |
| piquant | engagingly provocative |
| skimp | skimpy |
| efficacy | the power to produce an effect |
| knack | a special ready capacity that is hard to analyze or teach |
| thermal | of, relating to, or caused by heat |
| humane | marked by compassion, sympathy, or consideration for humans or animals |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |