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 |
|---|---|
| grueling | trying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing |
| exchequer | a department or office of state in medieval England charged with the collection and management of the royal revenue and judicial determination of all revenue causes |
| ruse | a wily subterfuge |
| betoken | to typify beforehand : presage |
| debase | to lower in status, esteem, quality, or character |
| oscillate | to swing backward and forward like a pendulum |
| dilute | attenuate |
| trough | a long shallow often V-shaped receptacle for the drinking water or feed of domestic animals |
| cringe | to recoil in distaste |
| hypercritical | meticulously or excessively critical |