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 |
|---|---|
| intrigue | the practice of engaging in secret schemes |
| stipend | a fixed sum of money paid periodically for services or to defray expenses |
| woeful | full of woe : grievous |
| handsome | having a pleasing and usually impressive or dignified appearance |
| perturb | to cause to be worried or upset : disquiet |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| manifest | readily perceived by the senses and especially by the sense of sight |
| unction | the act of anointing as a rite of consecration or healing |
| bemused | marked by confusion or bewilderment : dazed |
| restraint | an act of restraining : the state of being restrained |