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
converseto exchange thoughts and opinions in speech : talk
phariseea member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law
harbingersomething that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come
adjunctsomething joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it
withstandto stand up against : oppose with firm determination
scantylimited or less than sufficient in degree, quantity, or extent
opportunesuitable or convenient for a particular occurrence
cremateto subject to cremation
variegatedhaving discrete markings of different colors
smeltany of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste