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 |
|---|---|
| furtive | done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : surreptitious |
| crochet | needlework consisting of the interlocking of looped stitches formed with a single thread and a hooked needle |
| imperative | not to be avoided or evaded : necessary |
| encipher | to convert (a message) into cipher |
| stipple | to engrave by means of dots and flicks |
| entomology | a branch of zoology that deals with insects |
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |
| implacable | not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated |
| decelerate | to reduce the speed of : slow down |
| passive | acted upon by an external agency |