GRE Word List
IMPOVERISH
to make poor
The meaning of the word impoverish is to make poor.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| falter | to walk unsteadily : stumble |
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| inundate | overwhelm |
| euthanasia | the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy |
| decipher | decode |
| recidivism | a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior |
| condiments | something used to enhance the flavor of food |
| antecede | precede |
| doff | to remove (an article of wear) from the body |