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 |
|---|---|
| detached | standing by itself : separate |
| repugnance | the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent |
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |
| lancet | a sharp-pointed and commonly 2-edged surgical instrument used to make small incisions |
| corpulent | having a large bulky body : obese |
| scheme | a plan or program of action |
| reciprocate | to give and take mutually |
| projectile | a body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| abeyance | a state of temporary inactivity : suspension |