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 |
|---|---|
| upshot | the final result : outcome |
| veneer | a thin sheet of a material: such as |
| deplete | to empty of a principal substance |
| contraband | illegal or prohibited traffic in goods : smuggling |
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
| capricious | governed or characterized by caprice : impulsive |
| exertion | the act or an instance of exerting |
| congeal | to change from a fluid to a solid state by or as if by cold |
| oligarchy | government by the few |
| eerie | so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine |