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 |
|---|---|
| imbroglio | an acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| belie | to give a false impression of |
| subservient | useful in an inferior capacity : subordinate |
| retentive | having the power, property, or capacity of retaining |
| germinate | to cause to sprout or develop |
| expunge | to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion |
| subversive | the act of subverting : the state of being subverted |
| generate | to bring into existence: such as |
| philistine | a native or inhabitant of ancient Philistia |