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 |
|---|---|
| sophist | philosopher |
| collation | a light meal allowed on fast days in place of lunch or supper |
| base | the bottom of something considered as its support : foundation |
| taxonomist | the study of the general principles of scientific classification : systematics |
| braggadocio | empty boasting |
| tiller | one that tills : cultivator |
| awe | an emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime |
| titular | having the title and usually the honors belonging to an office or dignity without the duties, functions, or responsibilities |
| plausible | superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |