GRE Word List
IMPOVERISH
to make poor
The meaning of the word impoverish is to make poor.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ebullient | boiling |
| rampant | rearing upon the hind legs with forelegs extended |
| crevice | a narrow opening resulting from a split or crack (as in a cliff) : fissure |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| disconsolate | cheerless |
| welt | a strip between a shoe sole and upper through which they are stitched or stapled together |
| postmortem | done, occurring, or collected after death |
| persist | to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning |
| homily | a usually short sermon |
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