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 |
|---|---|
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| grudging | unwilling |
| celerity | rapidity of motion or action |
| motif | a usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts) |
| commune | talk over |
| mauve | a moderate purple, violet, or lilac color |
| stalemate | a drawing position in chess in which a player is not in checkmate but has no legal move to play |
| indiscriminate | not marked by careful distinction : deficient in discrimination and discernment |
| valediction | an act of bidding farewell |
| anthology | a collection of selected literary pieces or passages or works of art or music |