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 |
|---|---|
| enfranchise | to set free (as from slavery) |
| disseminate | to spread abroad as though sowing seed |
| coax | to influence or gently urge by caressing or flattering : wheedle |
| virulent | marked by a rapid, severe, and destructive course |
| progeny | descendants |
| malingerer | to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work) |
| oblivious | lacking remembrance, memory, or mindful attention |
| lottery | a drawing of lots in which prizes are distributed to the winners among persons buying a chance |
| base | the bottom of something considered as its support : foundation |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |