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

WordMeaning
sumptuousextremely costly, rich, luxurious, or magnificent
reconnaissancea preliminary survey to gain information
implicationsomething implied: such as
retributionrecompense
dismantleto disconnect the pieces of
respitea period of temporary delay
totterto move unsteadily : stagger
lingerto be slow in parting or in quitting something : tarry
vignettea picture (such as an engraving or photograph) that shades off gradually into the surrounding paper
ellipsisthe omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete