GRE Word List

IMPOVERISH

to make poor

The meaning of the word impoverish is to make poor.

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nourishmentfood
vagabonda person who wanders from place to place without a fixed home : one leading a vagabond life
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perquisitea privilege, gain, or profit incidental to regular salary or wages
insularitycharacteristic of an isolated people
laceto draw together the edges of by or as if by a lace passed through eyelets
comityfriendly social atmosphere : social harmony
centrifugalproceeding or acting in a direction away from a center or axis
arbitera person with power to decide a dispute : judge
cornucopiaa curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance