GRE Word List
DESTITUTE
lacking something needed or desirable
The meaning of the word destitute is lacking something needed or desirable.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| apogee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth |
| rampant | rearing upon the hind legs with forelegs extended |
| grovel | to creep with the face to the ground : crawl |
| ignoble | characterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness |
| rift | fissure |
| occult | to shut off from view or exposure : cover |
| slander | to utter slander against : defame |
| enrapture | to fill with delight |
| velocity | quickness of motion : speed |