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 |
|---|---|
| serendipity | the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for |
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |
| fluster | to put into a state of agitated confusion : upset |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| imperceptible | not perceptible by a sense or by the mind : extremely slight, gradual, or subtle |
| wispy | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| odyssey | a long wandering or voyage usually marked by many changes of fortune |
| eclectic | composed of elements drawn from various sources |
| rank | relative standing or position |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |