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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |
| polygamist | marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry |
| palatial | of, relating to, or being a palace |
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |
| recalcitrant | obstinately defiant of authority or restraint |
| abdicate | to renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function |
| philanthropist | one who makes an active effort to promote human welfare : a person who practices philanthropy |
| impudence | the quality or state of being impudent |
| millennium | the thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation |
| stultify | to have a dulling or inhibiting effect on |