GRE Word List
IMPOVERISH
to make poor
The meaning of the word impoverish is to make poor.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sinecure | an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income |
| phobia | an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation |
| visionary | having or marked by foresight and imagination |
| disenfranchise | to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity |
| arid | excessively dry |
| browbeat | to intimidate or disconcert by a stern manner or arrogant speech : bully |
| bigotry | obstinate or intolerant devotion to one's own opinions and prejudices : the state of mind of a bigot |
| perverse | turned away from what is right or good : corrupt |
| exacerbate | to make more violent, bitter, or severe |
| disapprobation | the act or state of disapproving : the state of being disapproved : condemnation |