GRE Word List

ACTUARY

clerk

The meaning of the word actuary is clerk.

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anecdotea usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident
animositya strong feeling of dislike or hatred : ill will or resentment tending toward active hostility : an antagonistic attitude
polarof or relating to a geographic pole or the region around it
scorchto burn a surface of so as to change its color and texture
regimena systematic plan (as of diet, therapy, or medication) especially when designed to improve and maintain the health of a patient
galleona heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish
extemporaneouscomposed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu
retrogradehaving or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars
undertakerone who undertakes : one who takes the risk and management of business : entrepreneur
hiatusa break in or as if in a material object : gap