GRE Word List
GRATUITY
something given voluntarily or beyond obligation usually for some service
The meaning of the word gratuity is something given voluntarily or beyond obligation usually for some service.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| coddle | to cook (something, such as eggs) in liquid slowly and gently just below the boiling point |
| exhume | disinter |
| forthright | free from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point |
| quixotic | foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals |
| worldly | of, relating to, or devoted to this world and its pursuits rather than to religion or spiritual affairs |
| abut | to border on : to touch along an edge |
| hail | precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps usually consisting of concentric layers of clear ice and compact snow |
| dowdy | not neat or becoming in appearance : shabby |
| orientation | the act or process of orienting or of being oriented |
| construe | to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part) |