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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| weather | the state of the atmosphere with respect to heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or cloudiness |
| bristle | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| contaminate | to soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association |
| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |
| patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people |
| myopic | affected by myopia : of, relating to, or exhibiting myopia : nearsighted |
| vaunted | highly or widely praised or boasted about |
| overt | open to view : manifest |
| decant | to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers |
| presume | to undertake without leave or clear justification : dare |