GRE Word List

YEN

a strong desire or propensity

The meaning of the word yen is a strong desire or propensity.

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extroverta person whose personality is characterized by extroversion : a typically gregarious and unreserved person who enjoys and seeks out social interaction
macerateto cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting
improvidentnot provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future
mammalany of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans
servileof or befitting a menial position
autopsyan examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease
attenuateto lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken
glutto flood (the market) with goods so that supply exceeds demand
convivialrelating to, occupied with, or fond of feasting, drinking, and good company
marrowbone marrow