GRE Word List
TENANCY
a holding of an estate or a mode of holding an estate
The meaning of the word tenancy is a holding of an estate or a mode of holding an estate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| esteem | the regard in which one is held |
| memento | something that serves to warn or remind |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| maternal | of, relating to, belonging to, or characteristic of a mother : motherly |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
| lachrymose | given to tears or weeping : tearful |
| rigor | harsh inflexibility in opinion, temper, or judgment : severity |
| loquacious | full of excessive talk : wordy |
| connivance | the act of conniving |
| dereliction | an intentional abandonment |