GRE Word List
IMPOVERISH
to make poor
The meaning of the word impoverish is to make poor.
Random words
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oaf | a stupid person : boob |
shimmer | to shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light : glimmer |
outlaw | a person excluded from the benefit or protection of the law |
condone | to regard or treat (something bad or blameworthy) as acceptable, forgivable, or harmless |
wake | to be or remain awake |
epicurean | of or relating to Epicurus or Epicureanism |
congruence | the quality or state of agreeing, coinciding, or being congruent |
flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
halting | marked by a lack of sureness or effectiveness |
incidence | rate of occurrence or influence |