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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| brunt | the principal force, shock, or stress (as of an attack) |
| mangle | to injure with deep disfiguring wounds by cutting, tearing, or crushing |
| horde | a political subdivision of central Asian nomads |
| swathe | a band used in swathing |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| pedestrian | commonplace |
| derision | the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt |
| squabble | a noisy altercation or quarrel usually over petty matters |
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |