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 |
|---|---|
| subsume | to include or place within something larger or more comprehensive : encompass as a subordinate or component element |
| canny | clever |
| unearthly | not earthly: such as |
| gruff | rough, brusque, or stern in manner, speech, or aspect |
| impersonal | having no personal reference or connection |
| travesty | a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation |
| ultimate | last in a progression or series : final |
| antecede | precede |
| squash | to press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush |
| 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 |