GRE Word List
IMPOVERISH
to make poor
The meaning of the word impoverish is to make poor.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| implication | something implied: such as |
| cipher | zero |
| plight | to put or give in pledge : engage |
| specious | having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |
| censure | a judgment involving condemnation |
| pathos | an element in experience or in artistic representation evoking pity or compassion |
| impediment | something that impedes |