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.

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casualtya military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action
obliviouslacking remembrance, memory, or mindful attention
nuptialof or relating to marriage or the marriage ceremony
libela written statement in which a plaintiff in certain courts sets forth the cause of action or the relief sought
succorrelief
statutoryof or relating to statutes
fitfulcharacterized by fits or paroxysms
officiousvolunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome
annealto heat and then cool (a material, such as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle
litotesunderstatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy")