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 |
|---|---|
| prolixity | unduly prolonged or drawn out : too long |
| audacious | intrepidly daring : adventurous |
| colloquial | used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation |
| puny | slight or inferior in power, size, or importance : weak |
| repeal | to rescind or annul by authoritative act |
| predecessor | one that precedes |
| euthanasia | the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy |
| growl | rumble |
| vicissitude | the quality or state of being changeable : mutability |
| behemoth | a mighty animal described in Job 40:15–24 as an example of the power of God |