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 |
|---|---|
| quip | a clever usually taunting remark : gibe |
| reprimand | a severe or formal reproof |
| gamely | a physical or mental competition conducted according to rules with the participants in direct opposition to each other |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| marital | of or relating to marriage or the married state |
| spoof | deceive |
| ecosystem | the complex of a community of organisms and its environment functioning as an ecological unit |
| promulgate | to make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim |
| prattle | prate |
| distant | separated in space : away |