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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| derelict | abandoned especially by the owner or occupant |
| niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| succulent | full of juice : juicy |
| scaffold | a temporary or movable platform for workers (such as bricklayers, painters, or miners) to stand or sit on when working at a height above the floor or ground |
| ecologist | a branch of science concerned with the interrelationship of organisms and their environments |
| toady | one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors : sycophant |
| glitter | to shine by reflection with many small flashes of brilliant light : sparkle |
| cohorts | companion |
| embed | to enclose closely in or as if in a matrix |