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 |
|---|---|
| divest | to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title |
| abortive | prematurely born |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| virile | having traditionally masculine traits especially to a marked degree |
| miasma | a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease |
| dinghy | a small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat |
| consanguineous | of the same blood or origin |
| annals | a record of events arranged in yearly sequence |
| bestial | of or relating to beasts |
| enmity | positive, active, and typically mutual hatred or ill will |