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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| Word | Meaning |
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| paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |
| blight | a disease or injury of plants marked by the formation of lesions, withering, and death of parts (such as leaves and tubers) |
| stilted | pompous |
| elysian | of or relating to Elysium |
| fester | to generate pus |
| awl | a pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood) |
| foolhardy | foolishly adventurous and bold : rash |
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
| hail | precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps usually consisting of concentric layers of clear ice and compact snow |
| tablet | a flat slab or plaque suited for or bearing an inscription |