GRE Word List
IMPOVERISH
to make poor
The meaning of the word impoverish is to make poor.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| kudos | praise given for achievement |
| flippant | lacking proper respect or seriousness |
| humdrum | monotonous |
| intrigue | the practice of engaging in secret schemes |
| zest | a piece of the peel of a citrus fruit (such as an orange or lemon) used as flavoring |
| bait | to persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks |
| wrest | to pull, force, or move by violent wringing or twisting movements |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| magistrate | an official entrusted with administration of the laws: such as |