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 |
|---|---|
| patrimony | an estate inherited from one's father or ancestor |
| stem_from | arise from; originate from |
| stun | to make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow : daze |
| prude | a person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum |
| lumen | the cavity of a tubular organ or part |
| parable | a usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle |
| base | the bottom of something considered as its support : foundation |
| opaque | blocking the passage of radiant energy and especially light : exhibiting opacity (see opacity |
| rostrum | an ancient Roman platform for public orators |
| hue_and_cry | outcry; loud cry or clamor; strong protest; Ex. hue and cry against the new rule |