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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| jest | a joking or mocking remark |
| recurrent | running or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course |
| bent | unenclosed grassland |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| gyroscope | a 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 |
| warren | a place legally authorized for keeping small game (such as hare or pheasant) |
| eccentric | deviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct especially in odd or whimsical ways |
| mason | a skilled worker who builds by laying units of substantial material (such as stone or brick) |
| carat | a unit of fineness for gold equal to ¹/₂₄ part of pure gold in an alloy |
| sojourn | a temporary stay |