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 |
|---|---|
| propitious | favorably disposed : benevolent |
| ambience | a feeling or mood associated with a particular place, person, or thing : atmosphere |
| acute | characterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset |
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |
| threat | an expression of intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage |
| brawny | muscular |
| polemic | an aggressive attack on or refutation of the opinions or principles of another |
| epicurean | of or relating to Epicurus or Epicureanism |
| incidental | being likely to ensue as a chance or minor consequence |
| proclivity | an inclination or predisposition toward something |