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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WordMeaning
degradationthe act or process of degrading
appallto overcome with consternation, shock, or dismay
emanateto come out from a source
centigraderelating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point
devolveto pass on (something, such as responsibility, rights, or powers) from one person or entity to another
scorchto burn a surface of so as to change its color and texture
conjugalof or relating to the married state or to married persons and their relations : connubial
myriadten thousand
arch-a typically curved structural member spanning an opening and serving as a support (as for the wall or other weight above the opening)
proscribeto publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state