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 |
|---|---|
| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |
| evince | to constitute outward evidence of |
| skirmish | a minor fight in war usually incidental to larger movements |
| refectory | a dining hall (as in a monastery or college) |
| perpetual | continuing forever : everlasting |
| recurrent | running or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course |
| convoke | to call together to a meeting |
| charlatan | quack |
| mercenary | one that serves merely for wages |
| annihilate | to cause to cease to exist : to do away with entirely so that nothing remains |