GRE Word List
IMPOVERISH
to make poor
The meaning of the word impoverish is to make poor.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vantage | a position giving a strategic advantage, commanding perspective, or comprehensive view |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| germane | being at once relevant and appropriate : fitting |
| serenity | the quality or state of being serene |
| alacrity | promptness in response : cheerful readiness |
| beleaguer | besiege |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| wrongheaded | stubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles |
| amiable | friendly, sociable, and congenial |
| sycophant | a servile self-seeking flatterer |