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 |
|---|---|
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| headlong | headfirst |
| lumen | the cavity of a tubular organ or part |
| mendicant | beggar |
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |
| allay | to subdue or reduce in intensity or severity : alleviate |
| choreography | the art of symbolically representing dancing |
| demagogue | a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power |
| vendor | one that vends : seller |
| immaculate | spotlessly clean |