GRE Word List
BENEFICIARY
a person or thing that receives help or an advantage from something : one that benefits from something
The meaning of the word beneficiary is a person or thing that receives help or an advantage from something : one that benefits from something.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| windfall | something (such as a tree or fruit) blown down by the wind |
| fermentation | the enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity |
| impede | to interfere with or slow the progress of |
| deleterious | harmful often in a subtle or unexpected way |
| matrimony | the state of being married : marriage |
| galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |
| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |
| misogynist | a person who hates or discriminates against women : a misogynistic person |
| apprehend | arrest |
| fete | festival |