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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|---|---|
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
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| lush | growing vigorously especially with luxuriant foliage |
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| dorsal | an ornamental cloth hung behind and above an altar |
| lionize | to treat as an object of great interest or importance |