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.

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briskkeenly alert : lively
centigraderelating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point
aghaststruck with terror, amazement, or horror : shocked and upset
inklinga slight knowledge or vague notion
artificeclever or artful skill : ingenuity
cankeran erosive or spreading sore
fanciedimagined or believed to be true or real
phlegmaticresembling, consisting of, or producing the humor phlegm
tauthaving no give or slack : tightly drawn
embargoan order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports