GRE Word List
IMPOVERISH
to make poor
The meaning of the word impoverish is to make poor.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| quench | put out |
| flotsam | floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo |
| overture | an initiative toward agreement or action : proposal |
| lumber | to move ponderously |
| defect | an imperfection or abnormality that impairs quality, function, or utility : shortcoming |
| academic | of, relating to, or associated with an academy or school especially of higher learning |
| abortive | prematurely born |
| tightwad | a close or miserly person |
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |
| vivisection | the cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation |