GRE Word List
LUCRATIVE
producing wealth : profitable
The meaning of the word lucrative is producing wealth : profitable.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| delirium | an acute (see acute |
| bulge | to jut out : swell |
| plummet | to fall perpendicularly |
| 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 |
| altercation | a noisy, heated, angry dispute |
| leonine | of, relating to, suggestive of, or resembling a lion |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| affluence | abundance of property : wealth |
| painstaking | taking pains : expending, showing, or involving diligent care and effort |
| default | failure to do something required by duty or law : neglect |