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 |
|---|---|
| abscission | the act or process of cutting off : removal |
| palpable | capable of being touched or felt : tangible |
| supplant | to supersede (another) especially by force or treachery |
| rendezvous | a place appointed for assembling or meeting |
| temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness |
| outfit | the act of fitting out or equipping (as for a voyage or expedition) |
| constitution | the basic principles and laws of a nation, state, or social group that determine the powers and duties of the government and guarantee certain rights to the people in it |
| tutelary | having the guardianship of a person or a thing |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |