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 |
|---|---|
| qualms | a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety |
| holocaust | a sacrifice (see sacrifice |
| varnish | a liquid preparation that when applied to a surface dries to form a hard lustrous typically transparent coating |
| sparse | of few and scattered elements |
| muster | a representative specimen (see specimen |
| virtual | being such in essence or effect though not formally recognized or admitted |
| purge | to clear of guilt |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| glib | showing little forethought or preparation : offhand |
| magisterial | of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a master or teacher : authoritative |