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 |
|---|---|
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |
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| abstruse | difficult to comprehend : recondite |
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| timbre | the quality given to a sound by its overtones: such as |
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