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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| clemency | disposition to be merciful and especially to moderate the severity of punishment due |
| fiasco | a complete failure |
| diorama | a scenic representation in which a partly translucent painting is seen from a distance through an opening |
| jaded | fatigued by overwork : exhausted |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |
| demise | death |
| reminiscence | apprehension of a Platonic idea as if it had been known in a previous existence |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |