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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| embellish | to make beautiful with ornamentation : decorate |
| taciturn | temperamentally disinclined to talk |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
| conformist | one who conforms : a person who behaves in accordance with prevailing standards or customs and typically dislikes or avoids unconventional behavior |
| perfunctory | characterized by routine or superficiality : mechanical |
| deploy | to extend (a military unit) especially in width |
| scrap | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| podium | a low wall serving as a foundation or terrace wall: such as |
| determination | a judicial decision settling and ending a controversy |