GRE Word List
LUCRE
monetary gain : profit
The meaning of the word lucre is monetary gain : profit.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| memento | something that serves to warn or remind |
| sere | being dried and withered |
| counterpart | one of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate |
| degradation | the act or process of degrading |
| facsimile | an exact copy |
| audacious | intrepidly daring : adventurous |
| inroad | an advance or penetration often at the expense of someone or something |
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
| overbearing | tending to overwhelm : overpowering |