GRE Word List
BENEFIT
advantage; anything that brings helpl, advantage, or profit; money provided by the government to the people; fund-raising public entertainment; Ex. unemployment benefit; V: receive benefits; be beneficial to; give benefits
The meaning of the word benefit is advantage; anything that brings helpl, advantage, or profit; money provided by the government to the people; fund-raising public entertainment; Ex. unemployment benefit; V: receive benefits; be beneficial to; give benefits.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| plaintive | expressing sorrow; mournful; Ex. plaintive song |
| tensile | capable of being stretched; of tension; Ex. tensile rubber |
| forensic | suitable to debate or courts of law; of or used in legal proceedings and the tracking of criminals; Ex. forensic science/medicine |
| soporific | sleep-causing; marked by sleepiness; drowsy |
| arbitrary | unreasonable or capricious; random; tyrannical; Ex. arbitrary ruler |
| bait | harass; tease; torment; Ex. badger baiting; N: food or other lure used to catch fish or trap animals |
| haphazard | random; by chance; happening in an unplanned manner; Ex. haphazard growth of the town |
| nascent | incipient; coming into being or existence; Ex. nascent ability in music |
| pungent | stinging; acrid; sharp in taste or smell; (of speech or writing) caustic; N. pungency |
| monarchy | government under a single ruler |
