GRE Word List

VERGE

brink

The meaning of the word verge is brink.

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WordMeaning
aestheticof, relating to, or dealing with aesthetics or the beautiful
capricea sudden, impulsive, and seemingly unmotivated notion or action
tethera line (as of rope or chain) by which an animal is fastened so as to restrict its range of movement
hullthe outer covering of a fruit or seed
zesta piece of the peel of a citrus fruit (such as an orange or lemon) used as flavoring
empathythe action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner
burgeonto send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout
resoundto become filled with sound : reverberate
aphorisma concise statement of a principle
assertto state or declare positively and often forcefully or aggressively