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 |
|---|---|
| decrepitude | the quality or state of being decrepit |
| confound | to throw (a person) into confusion or perplexity |
| headfirst | with the head foremost |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| apotheosis | the perfect form or example of something : quintessence |
| confide | to have confidence : trust |
| extrude | to force, press, or push out |
| stupor | a condition of greatly dulled or completely suspended sense or sensibility |
| deify | to make a god of |
| polygamist | marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry |