GRE Word List

BROOK

creek

The meaning of the word brook is creek.

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WordMeaning
natalnative
kleptomaniaca person evidencing kleptomania
embitterto excite bitter feelings in
cornucopiaa curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance
sciondescendant
bargainan agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin
bacchanaliana Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry
acclaimapplaud
discombobulatedcharacterized by confusion or disorder