GRE Word List
IMPOVERISH
to make poor
The meaning of the word impoverish is to make poor.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ramp | a sloping way or plane: such as |
| raspy | harsh |
| injurious | inflicting or tending to inflict injury : detrimental |
| deadpan | marked by an impassive matter-of-fact manner, style, or expression |
| rife | prevalent especially to an increasing degree |
| decelerate | to reduce the speed of : slow down |
| thematic | of, relating to, or constituting a theme |
| concave | hollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| crux | a puzzling or difficult problem : an unsolved question |