GRE Word List

BROACH

brooch

The meaning of the word broach is brooch.

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WordMeaning
unisonidentity in musical pitch
humorthat quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : a funny or amusing quality
coronera usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner
banallacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite
commemorateto call to remembrance
accompliceone associated with another especially in wrongdoing
suffuseto spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : flush
meretriciousof or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution
rolling(of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments
resuscitateto revive from apparent death or from unconsciousness