windfall
an unexpected gain or piece of good fortune, especially money
Windfall in a sentence
Here is an example sentence showing windfall in a sentence.
The unexpected inheritance was a windfall that paid off all her debts.
More GRE words starting with W
to speak or write evasively without committing to a clear position
playfully roguish or mischievously humorous
to indulge oneself excessively in a state or emotion
pale and sickly in appearance, suggesting weakness or weariness
a strong, restless desire to travel and explore the world
to decrease gradually in size, strength, or importance
marked by reckless cruelty or a deliberate disregard for restraint
to sing with trilling, modulated notes
Questions about “windfall”
See these words the way the GRE tests them.
Definitions in isolation do not stick. Sit a free, full-length GRE mock and meet this vocabulary inside real text completion and sentence equivalence questions, with your score and a worked solution for every answer.