GRE Word List
BENEFICIAL
helpful; useful; advantageous
The meaning of the word beneficial is helpful; useful; advantageous.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| animosity | active enmity |
| arboretum | place where different trees and shrubs are studied and exhibited |
| pestilential | causing plague; tending to cause death; baneful; N. pestilence: fatal epidemic disease (esp. bubonic plague) |
| passe | old-fashioned; past the prime |
| wheedle | deceive, persuade, or obtain by flattery; cajole; coax; Ex. wheedle a promise out of her |
| facile | easily accomplished; ready or fluent; superficial; not deep; Ex. facile solution to a complex problem; Ex. facile speaker; N. facility: ability to do something easily and well; ease in doing resulting from skill or aptitude; something that facilitates an action; amenity; Ex. with great facility |
| ensue | follow (as a result) |
| viper | poisonous snake |
| alms | money or goods given to the poor |
| uncouth | boorish; clumsy in speech or behavior; outlandish |
