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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WordMeaning
toadyone who flatters in the hope of gaining favors : sycophant
aggrandizeto make great or greater : increase
blandishmentsomething that tends to coax or cajole : allurement
recalcitrantobstinately defiant of authority or restraint
facetiousjoking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish
palliateto reduce the violence of (a disease)
choreographythe art of symbolically representing dancing
defoliateto deprive of leaves especially prematurely
encipherto convert (a message) into cipher
misapprehensionto apprehend wrongly : misunderstand