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 |
|---|---|
| bound | fastened by or as if by a band : confined |
| acuity | keenness of perception |
| orthodox | conforming to established doctrine especially in religion |
| bestow | to put to use : apply |
| discompose | to destroy the composure of |
| impartial | not partial or biased : treating or affecting all equally |
| chaste | innocent of unlawful sexual intercourse |
| afterlife | an existence after death |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| lexicographer | an author or editor of a dictionary |