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
machinationsan act of machinating
insubordinationdisobedient to authority
purportto have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred)
analogya comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect
tantalizeto tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach
desiccateto dry up
carnalrelating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites
gradationa series forming successive stages
brochurepamphlet
distillto let fall, exude, or precipitate (see precipitate