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 |
|---|---|
| haggard | not tamed |
| frenetic | marked by fast and energetic, disordered, or anxiety-driven activity : frenzied |
| languor | weakness or weariness of body or mind |
| courier | messenger |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| lateral | of or relating to the side |
| lien | a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty ordinarily arising by operation of law |
| hirsute | hairy |
| verdigris | a green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates |
| prescience | foreknowledge of events: |