GRE Word List
TYCOON
a businessperson of exceptional wealth, power, and influence : magnate
The meaning of the word tycoon is a businessperson of exceptional wealth, power, and influence : magnate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| optional | involving an option : not compulsory |
| impermeable | not permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance |
| token | a piece resembling a coin issued for use (as for fare on a bus) by a particular group on specified terms |
| inebriated | exhilarated or confused by or as if by alcohol : intoxicated |
| whine | to utter a high-pitched plaintive or distressed cry |
| interregnum | the time during which a throne is vacant between two successive reigns or regimes |
| mettle | vigor and strength of spirit or temperament (see temperament |
| 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) |
| rigor | harsh inflexibility in opinion, temper, or judgment : severity |
| equipoise | a state of equilibrium |