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 |
|---|---|
| exempt | free or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject |
| disport | sport |
| strident | characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound |
| unsightly | not pleasing to the sight : not comely |
| beneficent | doing or producing good |
| frock | an outer garment worn by monks and friars : habit |
| cavalier | marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain |
| acquittal | a setting free from the charge of an offense by verdict, sentence, or other legal process |
| succumb | to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire |
| upshot | the final result : outcome |