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 |
|---|---|
| enthrall | to hold spellbound : charm |
| puny | slight or inferior in power, size, or importance : weak |
| compilation | the act or process of compiling |
| misogynist | a person who hates or discriminates against women : a misogynistic person |
| respite | a period of temporary delay |
| hue_and_cry | outcry; loud cry or clamor; strong protest; Ex. hue and cry against the new rule |
| miniature | a copy on a much reduced scale |
| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |
| latitude | angular distance from some specified circle or plane of reference: such as |
| plummet | to fall perpendicularly |