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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phariseea member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law
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malaproposin an inappropriate or inopportune way