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
tractablecapable of being easily led, taught, or controlled : docile
licensepermission to act
languishto be or become feeble, weak, or enervated
incisiveimpressively direct and decisive (as in manner or presentation)
pathetichaving a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity
impassea predicament affording no obvious escape
pass_offpresent falsely; represent falsely to be
improviseto compose, recite, play, or sing extemporaneously
tentativenot fully worked out or developed
manipulateto treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially in a skillful manner