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
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baffle | to defeat or check (someone) by confusing or puzzling : to confuse or frustrate completely : disconcert |
cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
humid | containing or characterized by perceptible moisture especially to the point of being oppressive |
utopia | a place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social conditions |
lexicographer | an author or editor of a dictionary |
propitious | favorably disposed : benevolent |
limp | to walk lamely |
ungainly | lacking in smoothness or dexterity : clumsy |
monolithic | of, relating to, or resembling a monolith : huge |
intoxicate | to excite or stupefy by alcohol or a drug especially to the point where physical and mental control is markedly diminished |