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.

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WordMeaning
winceto shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch
sturdyfirmly built or constituted : stout
centripetalproceeding or acting in a direction toward a center or axis
denominationan act of denominating
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin
halfheartedlacking heart, spirit, or interest
manneredhaving manners of a specified kind
plumba lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction
pummelpound
loathunwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant