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.

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vigilantea member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate)
grandiloquenta lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language
gibeto utter taunting words
catcalla loud or raucous cry made especially to express disapproval (as at a sports event)
expletivea syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense
winceto shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch
expostulationan act or an instance of expostulating
debilitateto impair the strength of : enfeeble
pietythe quality or state of being pious: such as
beneficiarya person or thing that receives help or an advantage from something : one that benefits from something