GRE Word List
PURSE
a small bag for money
The meaning of the word purse is a small bag for money.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| scrupulous | having moral integrity : acting in strict regard for what is considered right or proper |
| recumbent | suggestive of repose : leaning |
| engulf | to flow over and enclose : overwhelm |
| merger | the absorption of an estate, a contract, or an interest in another, of a minor offense in a greater, or of a cause of action into a judgment |
| nova | a star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years |
| malaise | an indefinite feeling of debility or lack of health often indicative of or accompanying the onset of an illness |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| reserve | to hold in reserve : keep back |
| compensatory | to be equivalent to : counterbalance |
| hothead | a hotheaded person |