GRE Word List
BENEFICENT
doing or producing good
The meaning of the word beneficent is doing or producing good.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
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| woeful | full of woe : grievous |
| gerrymander | the act or method of gerrymandering |
| gainsay | to declare to be untrue or invalid |
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| merit | a praiseworthy quality : virtue |
| haggle | to cut roughly or clumsily : hack |
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