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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WordMeaning
corrodeto eat away by degrees as if by gnawing
didacticdesigned or intended to teach
acquiesceto accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively
missivea written communication : letter
provincialthe superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order
fluctuateto shift back and forth uncertainly
sordidmarked by baseness or grossness : vile
spectruma continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order
gloss_overexplain away with the intention of deceiving or hiding faults
exorciseto expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration