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 |
|---|---|
| sanctimonious | hypocritically pious or devout |
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |
| pariah | a member of a low caste of southern India |
| travesty | a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation |
| inclined | having inclination, disposition, or tendency |
| acclivity | an ascending slope (as of a hill) |
| draft | the act of drawing or pulling in a net |
| dearth | scarcity that makes dear |
| dilemma | a usually undesirable or unpleasant choice |
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |