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 |
|---|---|
| converse | to exchange thoughts and opinions in speech : talk |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| adjunct | something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it |
| withstand | to stand up against : oppose with firm determination |
| scanty | limited or less than sufficient in degree, quantity, or extent |
| opportune | suitable or convenient for a particular occurrence |
| cremate | to subject to cremation |
| variegated | having discrete markings of different colors |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |