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 |
|---|---|
| importune | to press or urge with troublesome persistence |
| maim | to mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously |
| resumption | an act or instance of resuming : recommencement |
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| gleam | a transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light |
| flamboyant | marked by or given to strikingly elaborate or colorful display or behavior |
| self-righteous | convinced of one's own righteousness especially in contrast with the actions and beliefs of others : narrow-mindedly moralistic |
| melancholy | depression of spirits : dejection |
| accost | to approach and speak to (someone) in an often challenging or aggressive way |