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 |
|---|---|
| tenuous | having little substance or strength : flimsy |
| alcove | a small recessed section of a room : nook |
| tablet | a flat slab or plaque suited for or bearing an inscription |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| respite | a period of temporary delay |
| candor | unreserved, honest, or sincere expression : forthrightness |
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| fraught | full of or accompanied by something specified |
| propinquity | nearness of blood : kinship |
| prong | fork |