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 |
|---|---|
| rarefied | being less dense |
| respiration | the movement of air or dissolved gases into and out of the lungs |
| regale | to entertain sumptuously : feast with delicacies |
| tipple | to drink liquor especially by habit or to excess |
| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |
| acclaim | applaud |
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| arduous | hard to accomplish or achieve : difficult |
| mannered | having manners of a specified kind |
| outskirts | a part remote from the center : border |