GRE Word List
ALMS
something (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor
The meaning of the word alms is something (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| entrance | power or permission to enter : admission |
| insensible | incapable or bereft of feeling or sensation: such as |
| disport | sport |
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| reprisal | a retaliatory act |
| accoutre | to provide with equipment or furnishings : outfit |
| knoll | a small round hill : mound |
| afterlife | an existence after death |
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |
| hem | a border of a cloth article doubled back and stitched down |