GRE Word List
IMPOVERISH
to make poor
The meaning of the word impoverish is to make poor.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| foment | to promote the growth or development of : rouse |
| medley | a musical composition made up of a series of songs or short pieces |
| stanza | a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe |
| myriad | ten thousand |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| opalescent | reflecting an iridescent light |
| discredit | to refuse to accept as true or accurate : disbelieve |
| beeline | a straight direct course |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |