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 |
|---|---|
| askew | out of line : at an angle |
| petulant | insolent or rude in speech or behavior |
| sour | being, inducing, or marked by the one of the five basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids and is characteristic of lemon juice |
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |
| whet | to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone) |
| apocryphal | of doubtful authenticity : spurious |
| resign | relegate |
| gnarled | full of knots or gnarls : knotty |
| promontory | a high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water |
| herbivorous | feeding on plants |