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 |
|---|---|
| querulous | habitually complaining |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| ravine | a small narrow steep-sided valley that is larger than a gully and smaller than a canyon and that is usually worn by running water |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| frock | an outer garment worn by monks and friars : habit |
| clarion | a medieval trumpet with clear shrill tones |
| adhere | to hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing |
| acoustics | a science that deals with the production, control, transmission, reception, and effects of sound |
| atheistic | a person who does not believe in the existence of a god or any gods : one who subscribes to or advocates atheism |
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |