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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compensatory | to be equivalent to : counterbalance |
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impediment | something that impedes |
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edify | to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift |
sonorous | producing sound (as when struck) |
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