GRE Word List

BENEFICENT

doing or producing good

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

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WordMeaning
parochialof or relating to a church parish
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surfeitan overabundant supply : excess
meleea confused struggle
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vitreousresembling glass (as in color, composition, brittleness, or luster) : glassy
digressionthe act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work
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