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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WordMeaning
excoriateto wear off the skin of : abrade
predecessorone that precedes
cauterizeto sear with a cautery or caustic
debarto bar from having or doing something : preclude
piebaldcomposed of incongruous parts
dabbleto work or involve oneself superficially or intermittently especially in a secondary activity or interest
aloofremoved or distant either physically or emotionally
largessliberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior
stridentcharacterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound
unsulliednot soiled or tarnished : not sullied