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 |
|---|---|
| gingerly | very cautious or careful |
| embed | to enclose closely in or as if in a matrix |
| whimsy | whim |
| divest | to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title |
| knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |
| indolent | averse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy |
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| depreciate | to lower in honor or esteem |
| parlance | speech |
| stratagem | an artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy |