GRE Word List
INDIGENCE
a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking
The meaning of the word indigence is a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| blare | to sound loud and strident |
| merit | a praiseworthy quality : virtue |
| impolitic | not politic : unwise |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| bigotry | obstinate or intolerant devotion to one's own opinions and prejudices : the state of mind of a bigot |
| lout | to bow in respect |
| slovenly | untidy especially in personal appearance |
| muster | a representative specimen (see specimen |
| histrionic | deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical |
| incarnation | the act of incarnating : the state of being incarnate |