GRE Word List
BROOK
creek
The meaning of the word brook is creek.
Random words
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retort | to pay or hurl back : return |
ruffian | a brutal person : bully |
sylvan | one that frequents groves or woods |
hardy | bold |
garner | to gather into storage |
fledgling | a young bird just fledged (see fledge |
rigid | deficient in or devoid of flexibility |
rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
extrinsic | not forming part of or belonging to a thing : extraneous |
atrocity | a shockingly bad or atrocious act, object, or situation |