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 |
|---|---|
| superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient or necessary : extra |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| hapless | having no luck : unfortunate |
| acne | a disorder of the skin caused by inflammation of the skin glands and hair follicles |
| quarry | game |
| antiquated | outmoded or discredited by reason of age : old and no longer useful, popular, or accepted |
| refuse | to express oneself as unwilling to accept |
| vindicate | to free from allegation or blame |
| shear | to cut off the hair from |
| oversee | survey |