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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WordMeaning
thrashto beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog
taperto become progressively smaller toward one end
vitiateto make faulty or defective : impair
codicila legal instrument made to modify an earlier will
codifyto reduce to a code
preternaturalexisting outside of nature
metaphora figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money)
resilientcharacterized or marked by resilience: such as
monotheismthe doctrine or belief that there is but one God
centrifugea machine using centrifugal force for separating substances of different densities, for removing moisture, or for simulating gravitational effects