GRE Word List
DESTITUTE
lacking something needed or desirable
The meaning of the word destitute is lacking something needed or desirable.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| wince | to shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch |
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| patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people |
| glitter | to shine by reflection with many small flashes of brilliant light : sparkle |
| erudite | having or showing knowledge that is gained by studying : possessing or displaying erudition |
| probity | adherence to the highest principles and ideals : uprightness |
| icon | a person or thing widely admired especially for having great influence or significance in a particular sphere |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| limpid | marked by transparency (see transparent |
| institute | something that is instituted: such as |