GRE Word List
LUCRE
monetary gain : profit
The meaning of the word lucre is monetary gain : profit.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| compendium | a brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract |
| rare | seldom occurring or found : uncommon |
| duration | continuance in time |
| conversant | having knowledge or experience |
| paradox | one (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases |
| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |
| strut | to become turgid : swell |
| putrefy | to make putrid |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| deport | to send out of the country by legal deportation |