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 |
|---|---|
| stem | the main trunk of a plant |
| resonant | continuing to sound : echoing |
| leeway | an allowable margin of freedom or variation : tolerance |
| reprisal | a retaliatory act |
| resuscitate | to revive from apparent death or from unconsciousness |
| fetid | having a heavy offensive smell |
| raconteur | a person who excels in telling anecdotes |
| frantic | emotionally out of control |
| simian | of, relating to, or resembling monkeys or apes |
| primate | a bishop who has precedence in a province, a group of provinces, or a nation |