GRE Word List
LUCRE
monetary gain : profit
The meaning of the word lucre is monetary gain : profit.
Random words
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|---|---|
| skulk | to move in a stealthy or furtive manner |
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| incite | to move to action : stir up : spur on : urge on |
| enumerate | to ascertain the number of : count |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| hatch | a small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship) |
| dissemble | to hide under a false appearance |
| garrulous | given to prosy, rambling, or tedious loquacity : pointlessly or annoyingly talkative |
| usage | firmly established and generally accepted practice or procedure |
| inherent | involved in the constitution or essential character of something : belonging by nature or habit : intrinsic |