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broach 
  ( SAT Prep - Sample Word )
This word "broach" often comes up in the SAT. Of the choices below which is the closest in meaning?
bring up
severely
chitchat
stab




Detailed description and alternate definitions of the word 'broach':
  To announce.
  To draw off (a liquid) by piercing a hole in a cask or other container.
  To veer or cause to veer broadside to the wind and waves.
  A spit for roasting meat.
  To shape or enlarge (a hole) with a tapered, serrated tool.
  A tapered, serrated tool used to shape or enlarge a hole.
  A mason's narrow chisel.
  The hole made by such a tool.
  To pierce in order to draw off liquid.
  To bring up (a subject) for discussion or debate.
  Variant of
  A gimlet for tapping or broaching casks.

Synonyms of word 'broach' :
 initiate
 brooch
 breastpin


Usage of the word 'broach' in Sentences :
  broach the subject on the way down in the train.
  She wore a bright red glass broach like a bunch of grapes.
  broach spire are clock faces, the clock a gift of 1885.
  Yet what is the chance of a Labor government even broaching this with the business lobby?
  She wore a bright red glass broach like a bunch of grapes.
  broach the topic.
  Use a cutting broach to open the hole for the new bearing.
  broach stops; reveals have two holes apiece for hinges.
  She said the idea was first broached at a partners ' conference over the summer.
  broached the idea to my friend.
  Generic issues eg staff relations, supervision, controlling the office environment, are also broached.
  broaches the question of how we are to harmonize the two.
  The potential effects of the decision on family law or commercial leases were not broached.
  broached the matter with a party of British Transport Commission officials visiting the lock.
  But it seems that there are some topics that even great writers should never broach.
  Some ca n't broach the subject, full stop; others don't know how to start or where to take it from there.

Usage of the word 'broach' in popular media :
Washington Post   —
 “whenever i try to broach the subject, i get screamed at and told that i have no idea what i am doing with a computer, therefore i am wrong.....” read more ››
 “where once a sizable number of republican legislators (and president george w. bush) were open to immigration reform, hardly any even broach the topic today amid the ever-rightward gallop of the gop's voting base, which itself grows whiter each year.....” read more ››
 “i know she'll broach the topic when we see her in a few weeks for my birthday, i just don't know what to do. ....” read more ››

Wall Street Journal   —
 “ china has been long been resisting calls from its g-20 peers to let its currency rise faster, and has even been reluctant to broach the currency issue in international talks.....” read more ››
 “ a spokesman for india's ministry of external affairs said only that the country was committed to wide-ranging talks that broach all areas of dispute between the two neighbors.....” read more ››
 “mr. obama on the campaign trail in 2008 had raised kashmir as key to peace in the region, but did not broach the subject once he became president, following very public indian objections.....” read more ››
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