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 |
|---|---|
| bemused | marked by confusion or bewilderment : dazed |
| retract | to draw back or in |
| brink | edge |
| refrain | curb |
| damn | to condemn to a punishment or fate |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| vindictive | disposed to seek revenge : vengeful |
| reiterate | to state or do over again or repeatedly sometimes with wearying effect |
| symmetry | balanced proportions |
| jetsam | the part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore |