GRE Word List

AMENITIES

something that helps to provide comfort, convenience, or enjoyment

The meaning of the word amenities is something that helps to provide comfort, convenience, or enjoyment.

Random words

WordMeaning
tribunea Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates
abortiveprematurely born
chasma deep cleft in the surface of a planet (such as the earth) : gorge
suppositionsomething that is supposed : hypothesis
preemptto acquire (something, such as land) by preemption
preposterouscontrary to nature, reason, or common sense : absurd
sanctimonioushypocritically pious or devout
superannuatedoutmoded
fretto eat or gnaw into : corrode
diminutionthe act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease