GRE Word List
BENEFICIARY
person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will
The meaning of the word beneficiary is person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| flotsam | drifting wreckage |
| shyster | lawyer using questionable methods; unscrupulous practioner |
| allegory | story, play, or picture in which characters are used as symbols; fable |
| kleptomaniac | person who has a compulsive desire to steal |
| temerity | boldness; nerve; rashness; Ex. temerity to ask for a pay increase after only three day's work |
| palatable | agreeable; pleasing to the taste |
| foresight | ability to foresee future happenings; prudence in providing for the future |
| miscreant | wretch; wrongdoer; villain; Ex. kindness to the miscreant; CF. believe |
| poignancy | quality of being deeply moving; keenness of emotion; ADJ. poignant: touching; deeply moving; (of sorrow, grief, etc.) painful; keenly distressing to the mind; Ex. poignant memory/anxiety; CF. prick |
| odyssey | long, eventful, adventurous journey |
