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 |
|---|---|
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| vitriolic | bitterly harsh or caustic language or criticism |
| wag | to be in motion : stir |
| amok | an episode of sudden mass assault against people or objects usually by a single individual following a period of brooding that has traditionally been regarded as occurring especially in Malaysian culture but is now increasingly viewed as psychopathological behavior occurring worldwide in numerous countries and cultures |
| reprove | to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent |
| intolerant | unable or unwilling to endure |
| pedagogue | teacher |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
| kinetic | of or relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces and energy associated therewith |
| epoch | an event or a time marked by an event that begins a new period or development |