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 |
|---|---|
| antipathy | a strong feeling of dislike |
| translucent | permitting the passage of light: |
| deranged | mentally unsound : crazy |
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
| emaciated | very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| inclusive | broad in orientation or scope |
| scanty | limited or less than sufficient in degree, quantity, or extent |
| fray | a usually disorderly or protracted fight, struggle, or dispute |
| temporize | to act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion |