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 |
|---|---|
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| knotty | marked by or full of knots |
| glamor | an exciting and often illusory and romantic attractiveness |
| douse | to plunge into water |
| torrent | a violent or forceful flow of fluid |
| covert | not openly shown, engaged in, or avowed : veiled |
| invincible | incapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued |
| solace | to give comfort to in grief or misfortune : console |
| misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |
| ravenous | rapacious |