GRE Word List

LUCRE

monetary gain : profit

The meaning of the word lucre is monetary gain : profit.

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puckerto become wrinkled or constricted
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throttleto compress the throat of : choke
psychosomaticof, relating to, concerned with, or involving both mind and body
prelatean ecclesiastic (such as a bishop or abbot) of superior rank
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massthe liturgy of the Eucharist (see eucharist
esotericdesigned for or understood by the specially initiated alone
hindsightperception of the nature of an event after it has happened
consolidationthe act or process of consolidating : the state of being consolidated