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

WordMeaning
perspicuityplain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation
refuseto express oneself as unwilling to accept
cessationa temporary or final ceasing (as of action) : stop
infamoushaving a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil
kismetfate
havenharbor
countermandto revoke (a command) by a contrary order
scrapfragments of discarded or leftover food
waneto decrease in size, extent, or degree : dwindle
decorumliterary and dramatic propriety : fitness