GRE Word List
LUCRE
monetary gain : profit
The meaning of the word lucre is monetary gain : profit.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vagary | an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion |
| centripetal | proceeding or acting in a direction toward a center or axis |
| gall | brazen boldness coupled with impudent assurance and insolence |
| simplistic | excessively simple or simplified : treating a problem or subject with false simplicity by omitting or ignoring complicating factors or details |
| replica | an exact reproduction (as of a painting) executed by the original artist |
| worldly | of, relating to, or devoted to this world and its pursuits rather than to religion or spiritual affairs |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| hazy | made dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze |
| expropriate | to deprive of possession or proprietary rights |
| uninhibited | free from inhibition |