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 |
|---|---|
| score | twenty |
| dissuade | to advise (a person) against something |
| prohibitive | tending to prohibit or restrain |
| severity | the quality or state of being severe : the condition of being very bad, serious, unpleasant, or harsh |
| thermal | of, relating to, or caused by heat |
| terse | using few words : devoid of superfluity |
| crave | to ask for earnestly : beg |
| libertine | a freethinker especially in religious matters |
| shimmer | to shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light : glimmer |
| pinnacle | an upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress |