GRE Word List
PARSIMONY
the quality of being careful with money or resources : thrift
The meaning of the word parsimony is the quality of being careful with money or resources : thrift.
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| ascribe | to refer to a supposed cause, source, or author : to say or think that (something) is caused by, comes from, or is associated with a particular person or thing |
| viscid | having an adhesive quality : sticky |
| inamorata | a woman with whom one is in love or has intimate relations |
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |
| illusion | a misleading image presented to the vision : optical illusion |
| episodic | made up of separate especially loosely connected episodes |
| expedient | suitable for achieving a particular end in a given circumstance |
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| cleft | a space or opening made by or as if by splitting : fissure |
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