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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| suborn | to induce secretly to do an unlawful thing |
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
| reprisal | a retaliatory act |
| bromide | a binary compound of bromine with another element or a radical including some (such as potassium bromide) used as sedatives |
| tantrum | a fit of bad temper |
| indulgent | willing to allow excessive leniency, generosity, or consideration : indulging or characterized by indulgence |
| consign | to give over to another's care |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |