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 |
|---|---|
| detrimental | obviously harmful : damaging |
| insolvent | unable to pay debts as they fall due in the usual course of business |
| septic | of, relating to, or causing putrefaction |
| authoritative | having, marked by, or proceeding from authority |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| leniency | the quality or state of being lenient |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| nectar | the drink of the Greek and Roman gods |
| exotic | introduced from another country : not native to the place where found |
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |