GRE Word List
LUCRE
monetary gain : profit
The meaning of the word lucre is monetary gain : profit.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| puzzle | to offer or represent to (someone) a problem difficult to solve or a situation difficult to resolve : challenge mentally |
| carillon | a set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard |
| macabre | having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death |
| check | to inspect, examine, or look at appraisingly or appreciatively |
| emancipate | to free from restraint, control, or the power of another |
| spendthrift | a person who spends improvidently or wastefully |
| endear | to cause to become beloved or admired |
| fancier | one that has a special liking or interest |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| irreparable | not reparable : irremediable |