GRE Word List
LUCRE
monetary gain : profit
The meaning of the word lucre is monetary gain : profit.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pucker | to become wrinkled or constricted |
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| throttle | to compress the throat of : choke |
| psychosomatic | of, relating to, concerned with, or involving both mind and body |
| prelate | an ecclesiastic (such as a bishop or abbot) of superior rank |
| carousal | a wild, drunken party or celebration : a drunken revel : carouse |
| mass | the liturgy of the Eucharist (see eucharist |
| esoteric | designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone |
| hindsight | perception of the nature of an event after it has happened |
| consolidation | the act or process of consolidating : the state of being consolidated |