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
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| 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 |
| depredation | to lay waste : plunder |
| sap | the fluid part of a plant |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
| moodiness | subject to depression : gloomy |
| attire | to put garments on : dress |
| underlying | lying beneath or below |
| fluency | the quality or state of being fluent |
| shove | to push along |
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