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.
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