GRE Word List
BROOK
creek
The meaning of the word brook is creek.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| camp | a place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers) |
| rabid | extremely violent : furious |
| shade | comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light |
| inimical | being adverse often by reason of hostility or malevolence |
| discriminating | making a distinction : distinguishing |
| supererogatory | observed or performed to an extent not enjoined or required |
| scrappy | consisting of scraps |