GRE Word List

BROACH

brooch

The meaning of the word broach is brooch.

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WordMeaning
derideto laugh at or insult contemptuously
brochurepamphlet
languishto be or become feeble, weak, or enervated
aperturean opening or open space : hole
whiffa quick puff or slight gust especially of air, odor, gas, smoke, or spray
laconicusing or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious
promptto move to action : incite
decoya pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin
ineluctablenot to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable