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 |
|---|---|
| actuary | clerk |
| slink | to go or move stealthily or furtively (as in fear or shame) : steal |
| sate | satisfy to the full; satisfy to excess; cloy |
| gnarled | full of knots or gnarls : knotty |
| proletarian | a member of the proletariat |
| transition | a change or shift from one state, subject, place, etc. to another |
| livid | discolored by bruising : black-and-blue |
| smother | to kill by depriving of air |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| incendiary | igniting combustible materials spontaneously |