GRE Word List

BENEFACTOR

someone or something that provides help or an advantage : one that confers a benefit

The meaning of the word benefactor is someone or something that provides help or an advantage : one that confers a benefit.

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immureto enclose within or as if within walls
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warpa series of yarns extended lengthwise in a loom and crossed by the weft
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fusilladea number of shots fired simultaneously or in rapid succession
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ellipticalof, relating to, or shaped like an ellipse