GRE Word List
LUCRE
monetary gain : profit
The meaning of the word lucre is monetary gain : profit.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pied | of two or more colors in blotches |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
| collected | gathered together |
| infraction | the act of infringing : violation |
| prude | a person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum |
| nefarious | flagrantly wicked or impious : evil |
| document | proof |
| proverb | a brief popular epigram or maxim : adage |
| beguile | hoodwink |