GRE Word List
PURSE
a small bag for money
The meaning of the word purse is a small bag for money.
Random words
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| factitious | produced by humans rather than by natural forces |
| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |
| ghastly | terrifyingly horrible to the senses : frightening |
| matriculate | to enroll as a member of a body and especially of a college or university |
| moratorium | a legally authorized period of delay in the performance of a legal obligation or the payment of a debt |
| anguish | extreme pain, distress, or anxiety |
| hierarchy | a division of angels |
| masochist | a person who derives sexual gratification from being subjected to physical pain or humiliation : an individual given to masochism |
| protean | of or resembling Proteus in having a varied nature or ability to assume different forms |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |