GRE Word List
BROACH
brooch
The meaning of the word broach is brooch.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tithe | a tenth part of something paid as a voluntary contribution or as a tax especially for the support of a religious establishment |
| probity | adherence to the highest principles and ideals : uprightness |
| recital | a detailed account : enumeration |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| derivative | a word formed from another word or base : a word formed by derivation |
| gorge | a narrow passage through land |
| flounder | flatfish |
| voracious | having a huge appetite : ravenous |
| amplify | to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis |