GRE Word List

ACTUARY

clerk

The meaning of the word actuary is clerk.

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lotterya drawing of lots in which prizes are distributed to the winners among persons buying a chance
scalean instrument or machine for weighing
lineagedescent in a line from a common progenitor
wrangleto dispute angrily or peevishly : bicker
ensconceshelter
declivitydownward inclination
chaffthe seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain
insubordinationdisobedient to authority
pitha usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage
annuitya sum of money payable yearly or at other regular intervals