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 |
|---|---|
| apotheosis | the perfect form or example of something : quintessence |
| squelch | to fall or stamp on so as to crush |
| practical | of, relating to, or manifested in practice or action : not theoretical or ideal |
| ambush | to attack by surprise from a hidden place : waylay |
| monolithic | of, relating to, or resembling a monolith : huge |
| tepid | moderately warm : lukewarm |
| sonorous | producing sound (as when struck) |
| polyglot | one who is polyglot |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| sportive | frolicsome |