GRE Word List
VERGE
brink
The meaning of the word verge is brink.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| attenuate | to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken |
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
| bourgeois | of, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class |
| ecologist | a branch of science concerned with the interrelationship of organisms and their environments |
| submissive | submitting to others |
| resound | to become filled with sound : reverberate |
| mendacious | given to or characterized by deception or falsehood or divergence from absolute truth |
| redoubtable | causing fear or alarm : formidable |
| fetid | having a heavy offensive smell |
| fringe | an ornamental border consisting of short straight or twisted threads or strips hanging from cut or raveled edges or from a separate band |