GRE Word List
BROOK
creek
The meaning of the word brook is creek.
Random words
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gourmand | one who is excessively fond of eating and drinking |
trepidation | a nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation : apprehension |
abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
implicit | capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied |
sully | to make soiled or tarnished : defile |
primogeniture | the state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents |
ghastly | terrifyingly horrible to the senses : frightening |
pterodactyl | any of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition |
incense | material used to produce a fragrant odor when burned |
tan | to make (skin) tan especially by exposure to the sun |