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 |
|---|---|
| promiscuous | having or involving many sexual partners : not restricted to one sexual partner or few sexual partners |
| recount | to relate in detail : narrate |
| overbearing | tending to overwhelm : overpowering |
| expatriate | banish |
| 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 |
| brooch | an ornament that is held by a pin or clasp and is worn at or near the neck |
| bureaucracy | a body of nonelected government officials |
| dote | to exhibit mental decline of or like that of old age : be in one's dotage |
| viscous | having a thick or sticky consistency : viscid |
| impecunious | having very little or no money usually habitually : penniless |