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 |
|---|---|
| pronounced | strongly marked : decided |
| hurtle | to move rapidly or forcefully |
| interminable | having or seeming to have no end |
| fret | to eat or gnaw into : corrode |
| bogus | not genuine : counterfeit |
| genealogy | an account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or from older forms |
| acne | a disorder of the skin caused by inflammation of the skin glands and hair follicles |
| imperil | to bring into peril : endanger |
| ulterior | going beyond what is openly said or shown and especially what is proper |
| pungent | sharply painful |