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 |
|---|---|
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |
| retract | to draw back or in |
| efficacy | the power to produce an effect |
| soliloquy | the act of talking to oneself |
| confluence | a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point |
| bust | a sculptured representation of the upper part of the human figure including the head and neck and usually part of the shoulders and breast |
| license | permission to act |
| expose | to deprive of shelter, protection, or care : subject to risk from a harmful action or condition |
| novice | a person admitted to probationary membership in a religious community |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |