GRE Word List
DESTITUTE
lacking something needed or desirable
The meaning of the word destitute is lacking something needed or desirable.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| confiscate | appropriated by the government : forfeited |
| empirical | originating in or based on observation or experience |
| dictum | a noteworthy statement: such as |
| patois | a dialect other than the standard or literary dialect |
| authoritative | having, marked by, or proceeding from authority |
| pastiche | a literary, artistic, musical, or architectural work that imitates the style of previous work |
| expropriate | to deprive of possession or proprietary rights |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| exploit | deed |
| animated | endowed with life or the qualities of life : alive |