GRE Word List
EXPENDITURE
the act or process of expending
The meaning of the word expenditure is the act or process of expending.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| traumatic | psychologically or emotionally stressful in a way that can lead to serious mental and emotional problems |
| prerogative | an exclusive or special right, power, or privilege: such as |
| reprobate | an unprincipled or depraved person : scoundrel |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| consecrate | dedicated to a sacred purpose |
| scuffle | to struggle at close quarters with disorder and confusion |
| dichotomy | a division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities |
| panache | an ornamental tuft (as of feathers) especially on a helmet |
| misdemeanor | a crime less serious than a felony (see felony |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |