GRE Word List
BROOD
the young of an animal or a family of young
The meaning of the word brood is the young of an animal or a family of young.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| perspicuous | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| consequential | of the nature of a secondary result : indirect |
| contumacious | stubbornly disobedient : rebellious |
| voluptuous | suggesting sensual pleasure by fullness and beauty of form |
| quail | any of numerous small gallinaceous birds: such as |
| inimical | being adverse often by reason of hostility or malevolence |
| dwindle | to become steadily less : shrink |
| explicate | to give a detailed explanation of |
| dissent | to withhold assent or approval |
| atrophy | decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue |