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 |
|---|---|
| untoward | difficult to guide, manage, or work with : unruly |
| decry | to depreciate (something, such as a coin) officially or publicly |
| avert | to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance |
| flout | to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn |
| flighty | swift |
| temper | heat of mind or emotion : proneness to anger : passion |
| manifest | readily perceived by the senses and especially by the sense of sight |
| hoary | gray or white with or as if with age |
| polygamist | marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry |
| bedraggle | to wet thoroughly |