GRE Word List

INDIGENT

suffering from extreme poverty : impoverished

The meaning of the word indigent is suffering from extreme poverty : impoverished.

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WordMeaning
belaborto attack verbally
derivativea word formed from another word or base : a word formed by derivation
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
autonomoushaving the right or power of self-government
expatiateto move about freely or at will : wander
makeshifta usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute
eloquencediscourse marked by force and persuasiveness
hindmostfarthest to the rear : last
jocularsaid or done as a joke : characterized by jesting : playful
anarchyabsence of government