GRE Word List
YORE
time long past; Ex. in the days of yore
The meaning of the word yore is time long past; Ex. in the days of yore.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dainty | delicate; delicately beautiful; fastidious; not easy to please; Ex. dainty movement/dress |
| ubiquitous | being everywhere; omnipresent; N. ubiquity |
| circumvent | outwit; defeat by behaving more cleverly; outsmart; baffle; avoid; get around |
| clamor | loud continous noise; continuous demand or complaint made by a large number of people; V: make a clamor; express (a demand) continually and loudly; ADJ. clamorous |
| venture | risk; expose to risk; dare; undertake a risk; N. |
| benevolent | generous; charitable; having a wish to do good |
| rational | (of a person) having reason; (of ideas) based on reason; logical |
| benefit | advantage; anything that brings helpl, advantage, or profit; money provided by the government to the people; fund-raising public entertainment; Ex. unemployment benefit; V: receive benefits; be beneficial to; give benefits |
| breach | breaking of contract or duty; fissure or gap; opening; V. |
| prude | excessively modest or proper person (who is easily shocked by improper things, esp. of a sexual nature); N. prudery; ADJ. prudish: excessively concerned with propriety |
