GRE Word List

USURY

the lending of money with an interest charge for its use

The meaning of the word usury is the lending of money with an interest charge for its use.

Random words

WordMeaning
ecclesiasticecclesiastical
presumptuousoverstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties
espionagethe practice of spying or using spies to obtain information about the plans and activities especially of a foreign government or a competing company
makeshifta usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute
unmitigatednot lessened : unrelieved
arrhythmiclacking rhythm or regularity
irreproachablenot reproachable : blameless
fluencythe quality or state of being fluent
profaneto treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate
obsoleteno longer in use or no longer useful