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
aplombcomplete and confident composure or self-assurance : poise
salvagecompensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck
unsavoryinsipid
unaccountablenot to be accounted for : inexplicable
relevanthaving significant and demonstrable bearing on the matter at hand
caldrona large kettle or boiler
pterodactylany of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition
egotismexcessive use of the first person singular personal pronoun
inchoatebeing only partly in existence or operation : incipient
bacchanalorgy