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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
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| cauterize | to sear with a cautery or caustic |
| illuminate | to supply or brighten with light |
| indite | make up |
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |
| unction | the act of anointing as a rite of consecration or healing |
| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |
| inasmuch_as | since; owing to the fact that |