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 |
|---|---|
| ample | generous or more than adequate in size, scope, or capacity |
| reputed | having a good repute : reputable |
| discernible | able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned |
| fissure | a narrow opening or crack of considerable length and depth usually occurring from some breaking or parting |
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
| perdition | eternal damnation |
| grovel | to creep with the face to the ground : crawl |
| vagrant | one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support |
| hone | to sharpen or smooth with a whetstone |
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |