GRE Word List
TENURE
the act, right, manner, or term of holding something (such as a landed property, a position, or an office)
The meaning of the word tenure is the act, right, manner, or term of holding something (such as a landed property, a position, or an office).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| audit | a formal examination of an organization's or individual's accounts or financial situation |
| viable | capable of living |
| retentive | having the power, property, or capacity of retaining |
| surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |
| commensurate | corresponding in size, extent, amount, or degree : proportionate |
| personify | to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers |
| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
| mantle | a loose sleeveless garment worn over other clothes : cloak |
| absolve | to set (someone) free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt |
| writ | something written : writing |