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 |
|---|---|
| codicil | a legal instrument made to modify an earlier will |
| cozen | to deceive, win over, or induce to do something by artful coaxing and wheedling or shrewd trickery |
| garbled | made unclear or confusing : distorted or mixed up |
| perimeter | the boundary of a closed plane figure |
| arcane | known or knowable only to a few people : secret |
| amok | an episode of sudden mass assault against people or objects usually by a single individual following a period of brooding that has traditionally been regarded as occurring especially in Malaysian culture but is now increasingly viewed as psychopathological behavior occurring worldwide in numerous countries and cultures |
| windfall | something (such as a tree or fruit) blown down by the wind |
| scrap | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| reprobate | an unprincipled or depraved person : scoundrel |
| bastard | a child born to parents who are not married to each other |