GRE Word List
YIELD
amount produced; crop; income on investment; profit obtained from an investment; V: produce; give in; surrender
The meaning of the word yield is amount produced; crop; income on investment; profit obtained from an investment; V: produce; give in; surrender.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fulsome | disgustingly excessive; offensively flattering; Ex. fulsome praise/expressions of admire |
| invoke | call and bring into use (a right or law); call on/upon (a higher power or god) for help; ask for; beg for; conjure (a spirit); Ex. invoke the veto power; Ex. invoke one's advisor/God |
| invalidate | weaken; destroy; make invalid; nullify |
| premonitory | serving to warn |
| gratuity | tip |
| ordain | decree or command; grant holy orders; predestine; install as a minister, priest, or rabbi; N. ordainment; CF. ordination |
| gainsay | deny |
| inimical | (of someone) unfriendly; hostile; (of something) harmful; detrimental; CF. enemy |
| rakish | jaunty; stylish; sporty; morally corrupt; dissolute; Ex. He wore his hat at a rakish and jaunty angle. |
| catharsis | purging or cleansing of any passage of the body; purging and weakening of strong emotions as a result of experiencing a dramatic work of art |