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.
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| suspend | to debar temporarily especially from a privilege, office, or function |
| sanction | a formal decree |
| dolorous | causing, marked by, or expressing misery or grief |
| kudos | praise given for achievement |
| husbandry | the cultivation or production of plants or animals : agriculture |
| cantankerous | difficult or irritating to deal with |
| summation | the act or process of forming a sum : addition |
| epilogue | a concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work |
| aviary | a place for keeping birds confined |