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 |
|---|---|
| treasure | wealth (such as money, jewels, or precious metals) stored up or hoarded |
| sycophant | a servile self-seeking flatterer |
| dabble | to work or involve oneself superficially or intermittently especially in a secondary activity or interest |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| bestow | to put to use : apply |
| attenuate | to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken |
| pinnacle | an upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress |
| flippant | lacking proper respect or seriousness |
| consequential | of the nature of a secondary result : indirect |
| depravity | a corrupt act or practice |