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 |
|---|---|
| fractious | tending to be troublesome : unruly |
| sensitization | the action or process of sensitizing |
| weird | of strange or extraordinary character : odd |
| duress | forcible restraint or restriction |
| sinister | singularly evil or productive of evil |
| simulate | to give or assume the appearance or effect of often with the intent to deceive : imitate |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| corrosive | tending or having the power to corrode |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| humble | not proud or haughty : not arrogant or assertive |