GRE Word List
ACTUARY
clerk
The meaning of the word actuary is clerk.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| begrudge | to give or concede reluctantly or with displeasure |
| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |
| renegade | a deserter from one faith, cause, or allegiance to another |
| sere | being dried and withered |
| ossify | to change into bone |
| belittle | to speak slightingly of : disparage |
| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |
| self-righteous | convinced of one's own righteousness especially in contrast with the actions and beliefs of others : narrow-mindedly moralistic |
| pinnacle | an upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress |
| paramour | lover |