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 |
|---|---|
| bombastic | marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous |
| contend | to strive or vie in contest or rivalry or against difficulties : struggle |
| atrophy | decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue |
| irascible | marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger |
| ancestry | line of descent : lineage |
| bauble | trinket |
| hover | to position (a computer cursor) over something (such as an image or icon) without selecting it |
| mar | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| providence | divine guidance or care |
| climactic | of, relating to, or constituting a climax |