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 |
|---|---|
| induct | to put in formal possession (as of a benefice or office) : install |
| rabid | extremely violent : furious |
| timbre | the quality given to a sound by its overtones: such as |
| unceremonious | not ceremonious : informal |
| craven | lacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted |
| hovel | an open shed or shelter |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
| distraught | agitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain |
| persist | to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning |