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 |
|---|---|
| squabble | a noisy altercation or quarrel usually over petty matters |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| brusque | markedly short and abrupt |
| debunk | to expose the sham (see sham |
| squat | to cause (oneself) to crouch or sit on the ground |
| postmortem | done, occurring, or collected after death |
| backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |
| reprise | a musical repetition: |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| brittle | easily broken, cracked, or snapped |