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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| haunt | to visit often : frequent |
| perquisite | a privilege, gain, or profit incidental to regular salary or wages |
| timbre | the quality given to a sound by its overtones: such as |
| correlate | either of two things so related that one directly implies or is complementary to the other (such as husband and wife) |
| incoherent | lacking coherence: such as |
| meander | a winding path or course |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| codicil | a legal instrument made to modify an earlier will |
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
| meek | enduring injury with patience and without resentment : mild |