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.

Random words

WordMeaning
visionthe act or power of seeing : sight
nostalgiaa wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition
occidentwest
lucidsuffused with light : luminous
transparenthaving the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid
mellifluoushaving a smooth rich flow
mingleto bring or mix together or with something else usually without fundamental loss of identity : intermix
purportto have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred)
franticemotionally out of control
irreverencelack of reverence