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
confoundto throw (a person) into confusion or perplexity
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin
flutterto flap the wings rapidly
infernalof or relating to a nether world of the dead
thermalof, relating to, or caused by heat
hirsutehairy
epicureanof or relating to Epicurus or Epicureanism
couriermessenger
irrelevantnot relevant : inapplicable
wrongheadedstubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles