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 |
|---|---|
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| analogous | similar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail |
| abject | sunk to or existing in a low state or condition : very bad or severe |
| denomination | an act of denominating |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| servitude | a condition in which one lacks liberty especially to determine one's course of action or way of life |
| febrile | marked or caused by fever : feverish |
| factious | of or relating to faction: such as |
| hull | the outer covering of a fruit or seed |
| askew | out of line : at an angle |