GRE Word List
YEN
a strong desire or propensity
The meaning of the word yen is a strong desire or propensity.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| stoke | to poke or stir up (a fire, flames, etc.) : supply with fuel |
| aver | to declare positively |
| infiltrate | to enter or become established in gradually or unobtrusively usually for subversive purposes |
| pecuniary | consisting of or measured in money |
| linger | to be slow in parting or in quitting something : tarry |
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
| expatriate | banish |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| overture | an initiative toward agreement or action : proposal |
| jollity | the quality or state of being jolly : merriment |