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 |
|---|---|
| irretrievable | not retrievable : impossible to regain or recover |
| swagger | to conduct oneself in an arrogant or superciliously pompous manner |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| rotunda | a round building |
| wisp | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| macabre | having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death |
| consistency | agreement or harmony of parts or features to one another or a whole : correspondence |
| inevitable | incapable of being avoided or evaded |
| genealogy | an account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or from older forms |
| shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |