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 |
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| palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |
| mote | a small particle : speck |
| sleight | deceitful craftiness |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| glossary | a collection of textual glosses or of specialized terms with their meanings |
| counterpart | one of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate |
| amplify | to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis |
| equilibrium | a state of intellectual or emotional balance : poise |
| connotation | something suggested by a word or thing : implication |
| woe | a condition of deep suffering from misfortune, affliction, or grief |