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 |
|---|---|
| chagrin | disquietude or distress of mind caused by humiliation, disappointment, or failure |
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| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| circuitous | having a circular or winding course |
| wheedle | to influence or entice by soft words or flattery |
| cull | to select from a group : choose |
| decomposition | to separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds |
| groove | a long narrow channel or depression |
| immaculate | spotlessly clean |
| swarm | a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere |