GRE Word List
BROOK
creek
The meaning of the word brook is creek.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| extant | currently or actually existing |
| suavity | smoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated |
| sacrilegious | committing or characterized by sacrilege : having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object |
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |
| douse | to plunge into water |
| prolong | to lengthen in time : continue |
| strident | characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound |
| sarcasm | a sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain |
| magniloquent | speaking in or characterized by a high-flown often bombastic style or manner |
| macabre | having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death |