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 |
|---|---|
| rakish | of, relating to, or characteristic of a rake : dissolute |
| regale | to entertain sumptuously : feast with delicacies |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| belligerent | inclined to or exhibiting assertiveness, hostility, or combativeness |
| finery | ornament |
| gaffe | a social or diplomatic blunder |
| sovereign | one possessing or held to possess supreme political power or sovereignty |
| acrophobia | abnormal dread of being in a high place : fear of heights |
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
| microcosm | a little world |