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 |
|---|---|
| auspicious | showing or suggesting that future success is likely : propitious |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| apropos | being both relevant and opportune |
| sporadic | occurring occasionally, singly, or in irregular or random instances |
| granary | a storehouse for threshed grain |
| importune | to press or urge with troublesome persistence |
| induct | to put in formal possession (as of a benefice or office) : install |
| significant | having meaning |
| lance | a steel-tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry |
| unscathed | wholly unharmed : not injured |