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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argotthe language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group
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lassitudea condition of weariness or debility : fatigue
penurya cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money)
chroniccontinuing or occurring again and again for a long time
jadedfatigued by overwork : exhausted
cardinala high ecclesiastical official of the Roman Catholic Church who ranks next below the pope and is appointed by him to assist him as a member of the college of cardinals (see college
misdemeanora crime less serious than a felony (see felony
ravinea small narrow steep-sided valley that is larger than a gully and smaller than a canyon and that is usually worn by running water
homelysuggestive or characteristic of a place of residence or home