GRE Word List
VERGE
brink
The meaning of the word verge is brink.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| conviction | the act or process of finding a person guilty of a crime especially in a court of law |
| confluence | a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point |
| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
| conflagration | fire |
| gloss_over | explain away with the intention of deceiving or hiding faults |
| laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |
| cajole | to persuade with flattery or gentle urging especially in the face of reluctance : coax |
| traverse | to go or travel across or over |
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |