GRE Word List
IMPOVERISH
to make poor
The meaning of the word impoverish is to make poor.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impotent | not potent : lacking in power, strength, or vigor : helpless |
| wan | suggestive of poor health : sickly |
| artifacts | a usually simple object (such as a tool or ornament) showing human workmanship or modification as distinguished from a natural object |
| manipulate | to treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially in a skillful manner |
| mingle | to bring or mix together or with something else usually without fundamental loss of identity : intermix |
| affliction | a cause of persistent pain or distress |
| panegyric | a eulogistic oration or writing |
| insularity | characteristic of an isolated people |
| polygamist | marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |