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 |
|---|---|
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| zest | a piece of the peel of a citrus fruit (such as an orange or lemon) used as flavoring |
| illusion | a misleading image presented to the vision : optical illusion |
| revelry | noisy partying or merrymaking |
| enhance | heighten |
| fruition | pleasurable use or possession : enjoyment |
| mime | an ancient dramatic entertainment representing scenes from life usually in a ridiculous manner |
| taunt | to reproach or challenge in a mocking or insulting manner : jeer at |
| jab | to pierce or prod (someone or something) with or as if with a pointed object |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |