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 |
|---|---|
| incisive | impressively direct and decisive (as in manner or presentation) |
| collate | to compare critically |
| askance | with disapproval or distrust : scornfully |
| blithe | lacking due thought or consideration : casual |
| generate | to bring into existence: such as |
| rife | prevalent especially to an increasing degree |
| importunate | troublesomely urgent : overly persistent in request or demand |
| stoke | to poke or stir up (a fire, flames, etc.) : supply with fuel |
| willful | obstinately and often perversely self-willed |
| saga | a prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland |