GRE Word List

BENEFICIAL

producing good results or helpful effects : conferring benefits (see benefit

The meaning of the word beneficial is producing good results or helpful effects : conferring benefits (see benefit.

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WordMeaning
reprobationthe act of reprobating : the state of being reprobated
speechlessunable to speak : dumb
woefulfull of woe : grievous
salientmoving by leaps or springs : jumping
boorishresembling or befitting a rude or insensitive person : resembling or befitting a boor
orificean opening (such as a vent, mouth, or hole) through which something may pass
pernicioushighly injurious or destructive : deadly
qualifyto reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin
stereotypeto make a stereotype from