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 |
|---|---|
| degradation | the act or process of degrading |
| prohibitive | tending to prohibit or restrain |
| rapacious | excessively grasping or covetous |
| maverick | an unbranded range animal |
| expenditure | the act or process of expending |
| bombardment | a late medieval cannon used to hurl large stones |
| canter | one who uses cant: such as |
| graze | to feed on growing herbage, attached algae, or phytoplankton |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| grill | to broil on a grill |