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 |
|---|---|
| alienate | to cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed |
| anathema | someone or something intensely disliked or loathed |
| deport | to send out of the country by legal deportation |
| callow | lacking adult sophistication : immature |
| scavenge | to remove (dirt, refuse, etc.) from an area |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| scheme | a plan or program of action |
| fumble | to grope for or handle something clumsily or aimlessly |
| libertine | a freethinker especially in religious matters |
| grimace | a facial expression usually of disgust, disapproval, or pain |