GRE Word List

BENEFIT

something that produces good or helpful results or effects or that promotes well-being : advantage

The meaning of the word benefit is something that produces good or helpful results or effects or that promotes well-being : advantage.

Random words

WordMeaning
thermalof, relating to, or caused by heat
affluenceabundance of property : wealth
beneficiarya person or thing that receives help or an advantage from something : one that benefits from something
analgesiainsensibility to pain without loss of consciousness
chagrindisquietude or distress of mind caused by humiliation, disappointment, or failure
citeto call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court)
animositya strong feeling of dislike or hatred : ill will or resentment tending toward active hostility : an antagonistic attitude
briman upper or outer margin : verge
alliterationthe repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs)
forswearto make a liar of (oneself) under or as if under oath