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 |
|---|---|
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |
| doddering | feeble |
| progeny | descendants |
| unceremonious | not ceremonious : informal |
| bandy | to discuss lightly or banteringly |
| rigid | deficient in or devoid of flexibility |
| optimist | a person who is inclined to be hopeful and to expect good outcomes : someone who is given to optimism |
| hoard | a supply or fund stored up and often hidden away |
| blight | a disease or injury of plants marked by the formation of lesions, withering, and death of parts (such as leaves and tubers) |
| curb | an edging (as of concrete) built along a street to form part of a gutter |