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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chroniclea historical account of events arranged in order of time usually without analysis or interpretation
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sheatheto put into or furnish with a sheath
awryoff the correct or expected course : amiss
spendthrifta person who spends improvidently or wastefully
sneakto go stealthily or furtively : slink
gleama transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light
figurativerepresenting by a figure or resemblance : emblematic
scapegoata goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur
imbecilitythe quality or state of being very stupid or foolish : utter foolishness