GRE Word List
EXPENDITURE
payment or expense; expending; something expended; output; Ex. receipt for the expenditure; Ex. expenditure of all the energy
The meaning of the word expenditure is payment or expense; expending; something expended; output; Ex. receipt for the expenditure; Ex. expenditure of all the energy.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| avuncular | of or like an uncle |
| commune | small (often rural) community whose members share work and income; V: exchange thoughts or feelings; Ex. commune with nature |
| dwindle | shrink; reduce gradually |
| palpitate | throb; beat rapidly; flutter; tremble; Ex. Her heart began to palpitate. |
| oracular | of an oracle; prophetic; uttered as if with divine authority; mysterious or ambiguous; hard to understand; N. oracle: wiser person; prophecy made by an oracle |
| outskirts | fringes; outer borders (as of a city); Ex. outskirts of Boston |
| nominal | in name only; of a name; trifling; (of a sum of money) very small; CF. nominate: propose as a candidate; appoint |
| splice | join together end to end to make one continuous length; fasten together; unite; Ex. splice two strips of tape; N. |
| oscillate | vibrate pendulumlike; waver |
| swagger | walk or behave with an over-confident manner |
