GRE Word List
BROOCH
an ornament that is held by a pin or clasp and is worn at or near the neck
The meaning of the word brooch is an ornament that is held by a pin or clasp and is worn at or near the neck.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| antiquated | outmoded or discredited by reason of age : old and no longer useful, popular, or accepted |
| embroider | to ornament with needlework |
| turbid | thick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment |
| snub | to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke |
| propinquity | nearness of blood : kinship |
| stipend | a fixed sum of money paid periodically for services or to defray expenses |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| sparse | of few and scattered elements |
| betroth | to promise to marry |
| pulsate | to throb or move rhythmically : vibrate |