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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| gerrymander | the act or method of gerrymandering |
| stoke | to poke or stir up (a fire, flames, etc.) : supply with fuel |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| cohere | to hold together firmly as parts of the same mass |
| impair | to diminish in function, ability, or quality : to weaken or make worse |
| freebooter | pirate |
| immure | to enclose within or as if within walls |
| dismiss | to permit or cause to leave |
| idiosyncrasy | a peculiarity of constitution or temperament : an individualizing characteristic or quality |
| dauntless | incapable of being intimidated or subdued : fearless |