GRE Word List
AFFLUENCE
abundance of property : wealth
The meaning of the word affluence is abundance of property : wealth.
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|---|---|
| incentive | something that incites or has a tendency to incite to determination or action |
| comely | pleasurably conforming to notions of good appearance, suitability, or proportion |
| prelude | an introductory performance, action, or event preceding and preparing for the principal or a more important matter |
| gadfly | any of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock |
| scotch | scottish |
| opaque | blocking the passage of radiant energy and especially light : exhibiting opacity (see opacity |
| unwarranted | lacking adequate or official support : not warranted : unjustified |
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| myriad | ten thousand |
| falsify | to prove or declare false : disprove |