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 |
|---|---|
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
| wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |
| condone | to regard or treat (something bad or blameworthy) as acceptable, forgivable, or harmless |
| depict | to represent by or as if by a picture |
| passe | past one's prime |
| misdemeanor | a crime less serious than a felony (see felony |
| precarious | dependent on chance circumstances, unknown conditions, or uncertain developments |
| commemorate | to call to remembrance |
| retaliate | to return like for like |