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 |
|---|---|
| haughtiness | blatantly and disdainfully proud : having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior |
| vitiate | to make faulty or defective : impair |
| luscious | having a delicious taste or smell : sweet |
| egotistical | characterized by egotism : having, showing, or arising from an exaggerated sense of self-importance |
| bard | a tribal poet-singer skilled in composing and reciting verses on heroes and their deeds |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| precis | a concise summary of essential points, statements, or facts |
| potential | existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality |
| tome | book |
| detrimental | obviously harmful : damaging |