GRE Word List

THRIFTY

given to or marked by economy and good management

The meaning of the word thrifty is given to or marked by economy and good management.

Random words

WordMeaning
instigateto goad or urge forward : provoke
anachronisman error in chronology
superciliouscoolly and patronizingly haughty
takeoffa rise or leap from a surface in making a jump or flight or an ascent in an aircraft or in the launching of a rocket
pyromaniaca person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania
awfulextremely disagreeable or objectionable
admonishto indicate duties or obligations to
epitaphan inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there
loquaciousfull of excessive talk : wordy
equivocalsubject to two or more interpretations and usually used to mislead or confuse