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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| encircle | to form a circle around : surround |
| cumulative | increasing by successive additions |
| occident | west |
| jovial | characterized by good-humored cheerfulness and conviviality : jolly |
| frivolous | of little weight or importance |
| doff | to remove (an article of wear) from the body |
| kismet | fate |
| demure | reserved |
| apex | the uppermost point : vertex |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |