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 |
|---|---|
| felicitous | very well suited or expressed : apt |
| denomination | an act of denominating |
| entree | the act or manner of entering : entrance |
| mealymouthed | not plain and straightforward : devious |
| abash | to destroy the self-possession or self-confidence of (someone) : disconcert |
| laud | praise |
| vivacious | lively in temper, conduct, or spirit : sprightly |
| rave | to talk irrationally in or as if in delirium |
| ornithologist | a branch of zoology dealing with birds |
| 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 |