GRE Word List
LOTTERY
a drawing of lots in which prizes are distributed to the winners among persons buying a chance
The meaning of the word lottery is a drawing of lots in which prizes are distributed to the winners among persons buying a chance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| venal | capable of being bought or obtained for money or other valuable consideration : purchasable |
| flicker | to move irregularly or unsteadily : flutter |
| disenfranchise | to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity |
| resonant | continuing to sound : echoing |
| fetter | a chain or shackle for the feet |
| hermitage | the habitation of a hermit |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| surmount | to prevail over : overcome |
| disarray | a lack of order or sequence : confusion |
| cemetery | a burial ground |
