GRE Word List

PURCHASE

to obtain by paying money or its equivalent : buy

The meaning of the word purchase is to obtain by paying money or its equivalent : buy.

Random words

WordMeaning
divulgeto make known (something, such as a confidence or secret)
bara straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide and has any of various uses (as for a lever, support, barrier, or fastening)
dulcetsweet to the taste
bilkto block the free development of : frustrate
propitiousfavorably disposed : benevolent
effervescencethe property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing
congruencethe quality or state of agreeing, coinciding, or being congruent
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indifferentmarked by a lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern for something : apathetic
sunderto break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space