GRE Word List
ENTERPRISE
a project or undertaking that is especially difficult, complicated, or risky
The meaning of the word enterprise is a project or undertaking that is especially difficult, complicated, or risky.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| protean | of or resembling Proteus in having a varied nature or ability to assume different forms |
| constituency | a body of citizens entitled to elect a representative (as to a legislative or executive position) |
| carapace | a bony or chitinous case or shield covering the back or part of the back of an animal (such as a turtle or crab) |
| precedent | prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance |
| dupe | one that is easily deceived or cheated : fool |
| riveting | having the power to fix the attention : engrossing |
| harangue | a speech addressed to a public assembly |
| burgeon | to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |