GRE Word List
BENEFACTOR
gift giver; patron; person who does good or who gives money for a good purpose
The meaning of the word benefactor is gift giver; patron; person who does good or who gives money for a good purpose.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| reputed | supposed; Ex. reputed father of the child; V. repute: consider; N. repute: reputation; esteem |
| machinations | evil schemes or plots; schemes or plots to achieve an evil end; V. machinate |
| convoke | call together; Ex. convoke Parliament; N. convocation |
| corrugated | wrinkled; ridged |
| anomaly | irregularity |
| wan | having a pale or sickly color; pallid |
| zenith | point directly overhead in the sky; summit; acme; highest point |
| lithe | flexible; supple; CF. limber |
| prerogative | privilege; unquestionable right; CF. ask before |
| wane | decrease in size or strength (after being full); grow gradually to an end; Ex. The moon waxes and wanes every month; N. |
