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 |
|---|---|
| perspicacious | of acute mental vision or discernment : keen |
| doddering | feeble |
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |
| confidential | marked by intimacy or willingness to confide |
| avantgarde | group of artists whose work is based on the newest ideas and methods; CF. vanguard |
| reaper | one that reaps |
| throttle | to compress the throat of : choke |
| stoke | to poke or stir up (a fire, flames, etc.) : supply with fuel |
| frolic | full of fun : merry |