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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| agenda | a list or outline of things to be considered or done |
| bearing | the manner in which one behaves or comports oneself : the manner in which one bears (see bear |
| analgesic | an agent producing diminished sensation to pain without loss of consciousness : a drug that is used to relieve pain and produce analgesia |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| broil | to cook by direct exposure to radiant heat : grill |
| molecule | the smallest particle of a substance that retains all the properties (see property |
| defer | put off |
| voluminous | having or marked by great volume or bulk : large |
| matinee | a musical or dramatic performance or social or public event held in the daytime and especially the afternoon |