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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sleeper | one that sleeps |
| germane | being at once relevant and appropriate : fitting |
| replica | an exact reproduction (as of a painting) executed by the original artist |
| insurmountable | incapable of being surmounted : insuperable |
| insalubrious | not conducive to health : unwholesome |
| spendthrift | a person who spends improvidently or wastefully |
| alienate | to cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed |
| lurk | to lie in wait in a place of concealment especially for an evil purpose |
| padre | a Christian clergyman |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |