GRE Word List
BROOK
creek
The meaning of the word brook is creek.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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finite | having definite or definable limits |
flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |
ingrained | forming a part of the essence or inmost being : deep-seated |
sequester | to set apart : segregate |
precinct | a part of a territory with definite bounds or functions often established for administrative purposes : district |
fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
optional | involving an option : not compulsory |
servitude | a condition in which one lacks liberty especially to determine one's course of action or way of life |
retract | to draw back or in |