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 |
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asinine | extremely or utterly foolish or silly |
check | to inspect, examine, or look at appraisingly or appreciatively |
hubris | exaggerated pride or self-confidence |
lien | a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty ordinarily arising by operation of law |
concatenate | linked together |
urbane | notably polite or polished in manner |
hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |
wilt | loose freshness; droop |
dereliction | an intentional abandonment |
bard | a tribal poet-singer skilled in composing and reciting verses on heroes and their deeds |