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 |
|---|---|
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| outwit | to get the better of by superior cleverness : outsmart |
| maleficent | working or productive of harm or evil : baleful |
| misconstrue | to interpret (something, such as a statement or action) wrongly : misinterpret |
| pantomime | pantomimist |
| decadence | the process of becoming decadent : the quality or state of being decadent |
| beguile | hoodwink |
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
| rectitude | the quality or state of being straight |
| swerve | to turn aside abruptly from a straight line or course : deviate |