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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WordMeaning
ascendancygoverning or controlling influence : domination
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charydiscreetly cautious: such as
ravenousrapacious
consummateextremely skilled and accomplished
topographythe art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations
intriguethe practice of engaging in secret schemes
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comestibleedible
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