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 |
|---|---|
| rife | prevalent especially to an increasing degree |
| lumber | to move ponderously |
| enclave | a distinct territorial, cultural, or social unit enclosed within or as if within foreign territory |
| chaste | innocent of unlawful sexual intercourse |
| tremulous | characterized by or affected with trembling or tremors |
| exorbitant | not coming within the scope of the law |
| cognate | of the same or similar nature : generically alike |
| careen | to put (a ship or boat) on a beach especially in order to clean, caulk, or repair the hull |
| eschew | to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun |
| friction | the rubbing of one body against another |