GRE Word List
BROOD
sit on in order to hatch; think deeply or worry anxiously; N: the young of certain animals; group of young birds hatched at one time
The meaning of the word brood is sit on in order to hatch; think deeply or worry anxiously; N: the young of certain animals; group of young birds hatched at one time.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bedraggle | wet thoroughly; ADJ. bedraggled: draggled |
| unsullied | untarnished; CF. sully |
| germ | earliest form of an organism; seed or bud; something that may develop into something larger or more important; microbe |
| somber | dark; gloomy; melancholy; depressing; CF. shadow |
| fiasco | total failure; CF. bottle |
| blight | plant disease; V: infect with blight; ruin; destroy |
| muddle | confuse; mix up confusedly; N: state of confusion |
| fluster | confuse; make nervous and confused; N. |
| deign | condescend; stoop |
| onomatopoeia | words formed in imitation of natural sounds |
