GRE Word List
IMPOVERISH
to make poor
The meaning of the word impoverish is to make poor.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| militate | to have weight or effect |
| stipulate | to make an agreement or covenant to do or forbear something : contract |
| regicide | a person who kills a king |
| abnegation | denial |
| whet | to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone) |
| gusto | an individual or special taste |
| putrescent | undergoing putrefaction : becoming putrid |
| treatise | a systematic exposition or argument in writing including a methodical discussion of the facts and principles involved and conclusions reached |
| excerpt | a passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract |
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |