GRE Word List
MAGNATE
a person of rank, power, influence, or distinction often in a specified area
The meaning of the word magnate is a person of rank, power, influence, or distinction often in a specified area.
Random words
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| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| corpulent | having a large bulky body : obese |
| ascribe | to refer to a supposed cause, source, or author : to say or think that (something) is caused by, comes from, or is associated with a particular person or thing |
| reverberate | reflect |
| indenture | a document or a section of a document that is indented |
| exhort | to incite by argument or advice : urge strongly |
| porridge | a soft food made by boiling meal of grains or legumes in milk or water until thick |
| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |
| invidious | of an unpleasant or objectionable nature : obnoxious |
| carrion | dead and putrefying flesh |