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 |
|---|---|
| braggadocio | empty boasting |
| plasticity | the quality or state of being plastic |
| shard | a piece or fragment of a brittle substance |
| potable | suitable for drinking |
| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |
| nether | situated down or below : lower |
| callous | being hardened and thickened |
| debase | to lower in status, esteem, quality, or character |
| trifle | something of little value, substance, or importance |
| avalanche | a large mass of snow, ice, earth, rock, or other material in swift motion down a mountainside or over a precipice |