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.

Random words

WordMeaning
paradoxone (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases
mutabilityprone to change : inconstant
egotismexcessive use of the first person singular personal pronoun
effectuateto cause or bring about (something) : to put (something) into effect or operation : effect
hygienea science of the establishment and maintenance of health
conciliatoryintended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate
patriarchone of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people
insularitycharacteristic of an isolated people
repastsomething taken as food : meal
blotchto mark or mar with blotches