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 |
|---|---|
| propinquity | nearness of blood : kinship |
| niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging |
| enthrall | to hold spellbound : charm |
| parallelism | the quality or state of being parallel |
| disarray | a lack of order or sequence : confusion |
| convulsion | an abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles |
| unassailable | not assailable : not liable to doubt, attack, or question |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| pronounced | strongly marked : decided |
| eerie | so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine |