GRE Word List
INFLUX
a coming in
The meaning of the word influx is a coming in.
Random words
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lottery | a drawing of lots in which prizes are distributed to the winners among persons buying a chance |
reciprocate | to give and take mutually |
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acclimate | to adapt (someone) to a new temperature, altitude, climate, environment, or situation |
soporific | causing or tending to cause sleep |
forerunner | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another: such as |
impugn | to assail by words or arguments : oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity |
insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |
cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
beneficial | producing good results or helpful effects : conferring benefits (see benefit |