GRE Word List
VERGE
brink
The meaning of the word verge is brink.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |
| paleontology | a science dealing with the life of past geologic periods as known from fossil remains |
| bust | a sculptured representation of the upper part of the human figure including the head and neck and usually part of the shoulders and breast |
| obstreperous | marked by unruly or aggressive noisiness : clamorous |
| appreciate | to grasp the nature, worth, quality, or significance of |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| precedent | prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance |
| belittle | to speak slightingly of : disparage |
| unfrock | defrock |
| genuflect | to bend the knee |