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 |
|---|---|
| categorical | absolute |
| lancet | a sharp-pointed and commonly 2-edged surgical instrument used to make small incisions |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| nauseous | causing nausea or disgust : nauseating |
| compliant | ready or disposed to comply : submissive |
| stickler | one who insists on exactness or completeness in the observance of something |
| dispel | to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate |
| flirt | to move erratically : flit |
| quail | any of numerous small gallinaceous birds: such as |
| flounder | flatfish |