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 |
|---|---|
| gaudy | ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented |
| implement | a device used in the performance of a task : tool |
| dominate | rule |
| conjugal | of or relating to the married state or to married persons and their relations : connubial |
| treatise | a systematic exposition or argument in writing including a methodical discussion of the facts and principles involved and conclusions reached |
| adapt | to make fit (as for a new use) often by modification |
| pass_off | present falsely; represent falsely to be |
| countermand | to revoke (a command) by a contrary order |
| wean | to accustom (a young child or animal) to take food otherwise than by nursing |
| sycophant | a servile self-seeking flatterer |