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 |
|---|---|
| roue | a man devoted to a life of sensual pleasure : rake |
| compliance | the act or process of complying to a desire, demand, proposal, or regimen or to coercion |
| draft | the act of drawing or pulling in a net |
| confide | to have confidence : trust |
| nemesis | the Greek goddess of retributive justice |
| doom | a law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England |
| arrears | the state of being behind in the discharge of obligations |
| well-bred | having or displaying the politeness and good manners associated especially with people of high social class |
| vie | to strive for superiority : contend |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |