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 |
|---|---|
| imprudent | not prudent : lacking discretion, wisdom, or good judgment |
| jargon | the technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| relinquish | to withdraw or retreat from : leave behind |
| smother | to kill by depriving of air |
| candor | unreserved, honest, or sincere expression : forthrightness |
| aghast | struck with terror, amazement, or horror : shocked and upset |
| shack | hut |
| dehydrate | to remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water |
| discord | lack of agreement or harmony (as between persons, things, or ideas) |