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 |
|---|---|
| paean | a joyous song or hymn of praise, tribute, thanksgiving, or triumph |
| diorama | a scenic representation in which a partly translucent painting is seen from a distance through an opening |
| dappled | marked with small spots or patches contrasting with the background |
| ferret | a domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat |
| vegetate | to lead a passive existence without exertion of body or mind |
| upright | perpendicular |
| illicit | not permitted : unlawful |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| tendentious | marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased |
| pinion | the terminal section of a bird's wing including the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges |