GRE Word List
LUCRE
monetary gain : profit
The meaning of the word lucre is monetary gain : profit.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tawdry | cheap and gaudy in appearance or quality |
| deleterious | harmful often in a subtle or unexpected way |
| plaster | a medicated or protective dressing that consists of a film (as of cloth or plastic) spread with a usually medicated substance |
| ensconce | shelter |
| minute | the 60th part of an hour of time : 60 seconds |
| surge | to rise and fall actively : toss |
| erotic | of, devoted to, or tending to arouse sexual love or desire |
| demagogue | a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power |
| molecule | the smallest particle of a substance that retains all the properties (see property |
| inasmuch_as | since; owing to the fact that |
