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 |
|---|---|
| disquietude | anxiety |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |
| resuscitate | to revive from apparent death or from unconsciousness |
| illimitable | incapable of being limited or bounded : measureless |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| malcontent | a discontented person: |
| environ | encircle |
| fanfare | a short and lively sounding of trumpets |
| memoir | an official note or report : memorandum |