GRE Word List
BROACH
brooch
The meaning of the word broach is brooch.
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| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
| parsimony | the quality of being careful with money or resources : thrift |
| aristocracy | government by the best individuals or by a small privileged class |
| overturn | to cause to turn over : upset |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| ordinance | an authoritative decree or direction : order |
| betoken | to typify beforehand : presage |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| wake | to be or remain awake |
| enmity | positive, active, and typically mutual hatred or ill will |