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 |
|---|---|
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| unrequited | not requited : not reciprocated or returned in kind |
| maraud | to roam about and raid in search of plunder |
| dour | stern |
| adamant | unshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion : unyielding |
| tarry | to delay or be tardy in acting or doing |
| supplicate | to make a humble entreaty |
| char | any of a genus (Salvelinus) of small-scaled trouts with light-colored spots |
| saga | a prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland |