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 |
|---|---|
| flippant | lacking proper respect or seriousness |
| kernel | the inner softer part of a seed, fruit stone, or nut |
| glitter | to shine by reflection with many small flashes of brilliant light : sparkle |
| hortatory | hortative |
| cognizance | a distinguishing mark or emblem (such as a heraldic bearing) |
| recreant | crying for mercy : cowardly |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| quash | to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely |
| iconoclastic | a person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions |
| detrimental | obviously harmful : damaging |