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 |
|---|---|
| volley | the flight of the ball (as in volleyball or tennis) or its course before striking the ground |
| pecuniary | consisting of or measured in money |
| ward | the action or process of guarding |
| jetsam | the part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore |
| precipitate | to throw violently : hurl |
| importunate | troublesomely urgent : overly persistent in request or demand |
| hoary | gray or white with or as if with age |
| abject | sunk to or existing in a low state or condition : very bad or severe |
| discretion | individual choice or judgment |
| mutter | to utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed |