GRE Word List
IMPOVERISH
to make poor
The meaning of the word impoverish is to make poor.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gruel | a thin porridge |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| abominable | worthy of or causing disgust or hatred : detestable |
| rhapsodize | to speak or write in a rhapsodic manner |
| gild | to overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold |
| drama | a composition (see composition |
| carafe | a bottle with a flaring lip used to hold beverages and especially wine |
| opaque | blocking the passage of radiant energy and especially light : exhibiting opacity (see opacity |
| skirmish | a minor fight in war usually incidental to larger movements |
| levitate | to rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation |