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 |
|---|---|
| damn | to condemn to a punishment or fate |
| filibuster | an irregular military adventurer |
| machiavellian | of or relating to Machiavelli or Machiavellianism |
| sluggish | averse to activity or exertion : indolent |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| aegis | a shield or breastplate emblematic of majesty that was associated with Zeus and Athena |
| peripatetic | a follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism |
| sundry | including many things of different kinds : miscellaneous |
| condescend | to assume an air of superiority |