GRE Word List
PURCHASE
secure grasp or hold; firm grasp or footing
The meaning of the word purchase is secure grasp or hold; firm grasp or footing.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| imprudent | lacking caution; not prudent; injudicious |
| wrench | twist; pull; strain; Ex. He wrenched the gun out of her hands. |
| addendum | addition; appendix to book; something that is added (as at the end of a speech or book) |
| bloated | (unpleasantly) swollen or puffed as with water or air |
| gape | open widely; open the mouth wide; stare wonderingly with the mouth open; CF. agape |
| commodious | spacious and comfortable |
| jaunty | cheerful and pleased with life; lighthearted; animated; easy and carefree; dapper in appearance; Ex. jaunty person/hat |
| harrowing | agonizing; distressing; traumatic; V. harrow: break up and level (soil) with a harrow; inflict great distress on; agonize; N: farming machine to break up the earth |
| maraud | move in search of plunder; Ex. marauding army |
| contaminate | pollute |
