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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| valedictory | of or relating to a valediction : expressing or containing a farewell |
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| contention | a point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument |
| swelter | to suffer, sweat, or be faint from heat |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
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| concave | hollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl |
| pittance | a small portion, amount, or allowance |
| putrescent | undergoing putrefaction : becoming putrid |
| simian | of, relating to, or resembling monkeys or apes |