GRE Word List
LUCRE
monetary gain : profit
The meaning of the word lucre is monetary gain : profit.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| masticate | to grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : chew |
| intrigue | the practice of engaging in secret schemes |
| bearing | the manner in which one behaves or comports oneself : the manner in which one bears (see bear |
| roseate | resembling a rose especially in color |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| dwindle | to become steadily less : shrink |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| dross | the scum or unwanted material that forms on the surface of molten metal |
| macerate | to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting |
| broach | brooch |