GRE Word List
CAREER
a profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling
The meaning of the word career is a profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling.
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| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| gibe | to utter taunting words |
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
| bolster | a long pillow or cushion |
| garish | clothed in vivid colors |
| contentious | likely to cause disagreement or argument |
| touchy | marked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation |
| jaundiced | affected with or as if with jaundice |
| flora | a treatise on or list of the plants of an area or period |
| trek | to make one's way arduously |