GRE Word List
BROIL
to cook by direct exposure to radiant heat : grill
The meaning of the word broil is to cook by direct exposure to radiant heat : grill.
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| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
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| alleviate | relieve |
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| saturnine | born under or influenced astrologically by the planet Saturn |
| pummel | pound |
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| antecede | precede |