GRE Word List
BROWBEAT
bully; intimidate
The meaning of the word browbeat is bully; intimidate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| foster | rear; bring up (for a certain period only); encourage; promote the development of (feelings or ideas); Ex. help foster friendly relations; ADJ: giving parental care although not related by blood; Ex. foster parents |
| glut | overstock; fill beyond capacity (with food); fill to excess; N: oversupply |
| recapitulate | summarize |
| culmination | highest point; climax; V. culminate in: reach the highest point in; end in; Ex. a series of minor clashes culminating in war |
| cloister | monastery or convent |
| petrify | turn to stone; cause to become stonelike; stun or paralyze |
| enfranchise | admit to the rights of citizenship (especially the right to vote); CF. franchise |
| fecundity | fertility; fruitfulness; ADJ. fecund: very productive of crops or young |
| fissure | crevice; crack |
| unwonted | unaccustomed; unusual; Ex. He arrived with unwonted punctuality. |
