GRE Word List

BROACH

brooch

The meaning of the word broach is brooch.

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WordMeaning
shrewdmarked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen
congruentcongruous
gentlefree from harshness, sternness, or violence
ardoran often restless or transitory warmth of feeling
carnalrelating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites
tippleto drink liquor especially by habit or to excess
scaffolda temporary or movable platform for workers (such as bricklayers, painters, or miners) to stand or sit on when working at a height above the floor or ground
malapropismthe usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase
ingenuousshowing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness
libidoinstinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity