GRE Word List
BROACH
brooch
The meaning of the word broach is brooch.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| delve | excavate |
| apothecary | one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes |
| indemnify | to secure against hurt, loss, or damage |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| intuition | the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| placebo | a usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder |
| gist | essence; main point; substance |