GRE Word List
TENANT
one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements of another
The meaning of the word tenant is one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements of another.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| narrative | something that is narrated : story |
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
| lustrous | reflecting light evenly and efficiently without glitter or sparkle |
| precarious | dependent on chance circumstances, unknown conditions, or uncertain developments |
| expenditure | the act or process of expending |
| apocryphal | of doubtful authenticity : spurious |
| pinch | to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument |
| prudent | characterized by, arising from, or showing prudence: such as |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| spin | to draw out and twist fiber into yarn or thread |