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 |
|---|---|
| eventual | contingent |
| derogatory | expressive of a low opinion : disparaging |
| scrappy | consisting of scraps |
| stratagem | an artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy |
| labile | readily or continually undergoing chemical, physical, or biological change or breakdown : unstable |
| prune | a plum dried or capable of drying without fermentation |
| malingerer | to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work) |
| luster | a glow of reflected light : sheen |
| recurrent | running or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course |
| discordant | being at variance : disagreeing |