GRE Word List

DOWRY

the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage

The meaning of the word dowry is the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage.

Random words

WordMeaning
bulkmagnitude
insensatelacking sense or understanding
consolidationthe act or process of consolidating : the state of being consolidated
compressto press or squeeze together
hazardousinvolving or exposing one to risk (as of loss or harm)
mammalany of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans
provenderdry food for domestic animals : feed
deciduousfalling off or shed seasonally or at a certain stage of development in the life cycle
jurisprudencethe science or philosophy of law
carnalrelating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites