GRE Word List
TREASURE
wealth (such as money, jewels, or precious metals) stored up or hoarded
The meaning of the word treasure is wealth (such as money, jewels, or precious metals) stored up or hoarded.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sumptuous | extremely costly, rich, luxurious, or magnificent |
| reconnaissance | a preliminary survey to gain information |
| implication | something implied: such as |
| retribution | recompense |
| dismantle | to disconnect the pieces of |
| respite | a period of temporary delay |
| totter | to move unsteadily : stagger |
| linger | to be slow in parting or in quitting something : tarry |
| vignette | a picture (such as an engraving or photograph) that shades off gradually into the surrounding paper |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |