GRE Word List

BENEFICENT

doing or producing good

The meaning of the word beneficent is doing or producing good.

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lubricateto make smooth or slippery
preyan animal taken by a predator as food
dissentto withhold assent or approval
vortexsomething that resembles a whirlpool
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jaunta usually short journey or excursion undertaken especially for pleasure
fraudulentcharacterized by, based on, or done by fraud : deceitful