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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| subversive | the act of subverting : the state of being subverted |
| vaporize | to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor |
| laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |
| gauche | lacking social experience or grace |
| disapprobation | the act or state of disapproving : the state of being disapproved : condemnation |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |
| winnow | to remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air |
| concur | to express agreement |
| carnal | relating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites |
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |