GRE Word List
HAVEN
place of safety; refuge; harbor; Ex. tax haven
The meaning of the word haven is place of safety; refuge; harbor; Ex. tax haven.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| evince | show clearly |
| craft | skill (esp. with one's hands); skill in deceiving people; guile; ADJ. crafty: cleverly deceitful; cunning |
| petty | trivial; unimportant; very small; small-minded; petty-minded |
| piety | devoutness; reverence for God; ADJ. pious |
| consonance | harmony; agreement |
| porous | full of pores; like a sieve |
| scale | climb up; ascend; remove or come off in scales; N: flake of epidermis; ascending or descending series of musical tones |
| swarm | large group of insects moving in a mass; crowd of people or animals; V: move in a crowd or mass |
| accrue | come to one as a gain; accumulate over time; come about by addition; Ex. benefits that accrue from scientific research; Ex. interest accruing in a bank account; N. accrual |
| badinage | teasing conversation; banter; joking talk |
