GRE Word List
BROWBEAT
to intimidate or disconcert by a stern manner or arrogant speech : bully
The meaning of the word browbeat is to intimidate or disconcert by a stern manner or arrogant speech : bully.
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beneficial | producing good results or helpful effects : conferring benefits (see benefit |
solicitous | manifesting or expressing solicitude |
mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
sensual | relating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite : fleshly |
clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |
accommodate | to provide with something desired, needed, or suited |
bluff | having a broad flattened front |
corpus | the body of a human or animal especially when dead |
peremptory | putting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay |
quorum | a select group |