GRE Word List
DESTITUTE
lacking something needed or desirable
The meaning of the word destitute is lacking something needed or desirable.
Random words
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prude | a person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum |
humus | a brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic |
virtual | being such in essence or effect though not formally recognized or admitted |
tread | to step or walk on or over |
gargantuan | tremendous in size, volume, or degree : gigantic |
cognate | of the same or similar nature : generically alike |
unimpeachable | not impeachable: such as |
ineluctable | not to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable |
trunk | the main stem of a tree apart from limbs and roots |
liaison | a binding or thickening agent used in cooking |