GRE Word List
LUCRE
monetary gain : profit
The meaning of the word lucre is monetary gain : profit.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dulcet | sweet to the taste |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| matriarch | a woman who rules or dominates a family, group, or state |
| peccadillo | a slight offense |
| padre | a Christian clergyman |
| pinnacle | an upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress |
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |
| liquidate | to determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts) |
| disparity | a noticeable and usually significant difference or dissimilarity |
| deadpan | marked by an impassive matter-of-fact manner, style, or expression |