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 |
|---|---|
| default | failure to do something required by duty or law : neglect |
| shaving | the act of one that shaves |
| macerate | to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting |
| unobtrusive | not obtrusive : not blatant, arresting, or aggressive : inconspicuous |
| bent | unenclosed grassland |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| dissension | disagreement |
| fervor | intensity of feeling or expression |
| wake | to be or remain awake |
| meditation | a discourse intended to express its author's reflections or to guide others in contemplation |