GRE Word List
ECONOMY
the structure or conditions of economic life in a country, area, or period
The meaning of the word economy is the structure or conditions of economic life in a country, area, or period.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| patina | a usually green film formed naturally on copper and bronze by long exposure or artificially (as by acids) and often valued aesthetically for its color |
| threadbare | having the nap worn off so that the thread shows : shabby |
| crux | a puzzling or difficult problem : an unsolved question |
| cascade | a steep usually small fall of water |
| humdrum | monotonous |
| gull | any of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae) |
| millennium | the thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation |
| stockade | a line of stout posts set firmly to form a defense |
| appraise | to set a value on : to estimate the amount of |
| purchase | to obtain by paying money or its equivalent : buy |