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.
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| peon | any of various workers in India, Sri Lanka, or Malaysia: such as |
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| gauche | lacking social experience or grace |
| carping | marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism |
| passe | past one's prime |
| indentation | the blank space produced by indenting : indention |
| ethnology | a branch of cultural anthropology dealing chiefly with the comparative and analytical study of cultures |
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| unilateral | done or undertaken by one person or party |
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