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 |
|---|---|
| masticate | to grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : chew |
| barterer | to trade by exchanging one commodity for another : to trade goods or services in exchange for other goods or services |
| insouciant | lighthearted unconcern : nonchalance |
| dissident | disagreeing especially with an established religious or political system, organization, or belief |
| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |
| hypothetical | involving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural |
| jetsam | the part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore |
| limn | to draw or paint on a surface |
| screech | a high shrill piercing cry usually expressing pain or terror |
| eccentric | deviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct especially in odd or whimsical ways |