GRE Word List
BRUNT
the principal force, shock, or stress (as of an attack)
The meaning of the word brunt is the principal force, shock, or stress (as of an attack).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| odious | arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance : hateful |
| suavity | smoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated |
| entourage | one's attendants or associates |
| therapeutic | of or relating to the treatment of disease or disorders by remedial agents or methods : curative |
| sophist | philosopher |
| bent | unenclosed grassland |
| aseptic | preventing infection |
| authoritarian | of, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority |
| devoid | being without a usual, typical, or expected attribute or accompaniment |
| serenity | the quality or state of being serene |