GRE Word List
YEN
strong desire; longing; urge; Ex. yen for travel
The meaning of the word yen is strong desire; longing; urge; Ex. yen for travel.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tenacity | firmness; persistence |
| taint | contaminate; cause to lose purity; modify with a trace of something bad; Ex. tainted reputation; N: stain; touch of decay or bad influence; CF. touch |
| convoluted | coiled around; twisted; involved; complicated; intricate; complex; N. convolution: twist; one of the convex folds of the surface of the brain |
| stench | strong foul odor; reek; stink |
| legacy | gift made by a will; something handed down from an ancestor |
| padre | chaplain (in the armed forces) |
| nettle | irritate; annoy; vex; ADJ. nettlesome |
| distort | twist out of shape; give a false account of; misrepresent; N. distortion |
| docket | program as for trial; book where such entries are made; list of things to be done; agenda; label fixed to a package listing contents or directions; V: describe in a docket |
| facet | small plane surface (of a gem(precious stone)); a side |
