GRE Word List
ACTUARY
clerk
The meaning of the word actuary is clerk.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| deport | to send out of the country by legal deportation |
| cistern | an artificial reservoir (such as an underground tank) for storing liquids and especially water (such as rainwater) |
| inarticulate | incapable of giving coherent, clear, or effective expression to one's ideas or feelings |
| derelict | abandoned especially by the owner or occupant |
| excoriate | to wear off the skin of : abrade |
| garish | clothed in vivid colors |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| gradation | a series forming successive stages |
| unwieldy | not easily managed, handled, or used (as because of bulk, weight, complexity, or awkwardness) : cumbersome |
| liaison | a binding or thickening agent used in cooking |