GRE Word List

ACTUARY

clerk

The meaning of the word actuary is clerk.

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curmudgeona crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old man
taciturntemperamentally disinclined to talk
remunerativeserving to remunerate
libidinoushaving or marked by lustful desires : lascivious
virtuosoone who excels in the technique of an art
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earthyof, relating to, or consisting of earth