GRE Word List
EARN
to receive as return for effort and especially for work done or services rendered
The meaning of the word earn is to receive as return for effort and especially for work done or services rendered.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| imbroglio | an acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding |
| inured | to accustom to accept something undesirable |
| accolade | a mark of acknowledgment : award |
| penumbra | a space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light |
| traumatic | psychologically or emotionally stressful in a way that can lead to serious mental and emotional problems |
| ken | the range of perception, understanding, or knowledge |
| taint | to contaminate morally : corrupt |
| animadversion | a critical and usually censorious remark |
| rehabilitate | to restore to a former capacity : reinstate |
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |