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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gawk | a clumsy stupid person : lout |
| optimist | a person who is inclined to be hopeful and to expect good outcomes : someone who is given to optimism |
| snivel | to run at the nose |
| acute | characterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset |
| escapade | a usually adventurous action that runs counter to approved or conventional conduct |
| precipitate | to throw violently : hurl |
| lank | not well filled out : slender |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| amiss | in a mistaken way : wrongly |
| encircle | to form a circle around : surround |