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

WordMeaning
impairto diminish in function, ability, or quality : to weaken or make worse
adventitiouscoming from another source and not inherent or innate
pragmaticrelating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic
mutterto utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed
camaraderiea spirit of friendly good-fellowship
intuitionthe power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference
chicanerydeception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery
incantationa use of spells or verbal charms spoken or sung as a part of a ritual of magic
adhereto hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing
volatilecharacterized by or subject to rapid or unexpected change