GRE Word List

PURSE

a small bag for money

The meaning of the word purse is a small bag for money.

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irretrievablenot retrievable : impossible to regain or recover
swaggerto conduct oneself in an arrogant or superciliously pompous manner
antecedentsa substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him")
rotundaa round building
wispa small handful (as of hay or straw)
macabrehaving death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death
consistencyagreement or harmony of parts or features to one another or a whole : correspondence
inevitableincapable of being avoided or evaded
genealogyan account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or from older forms
shrewany of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur