GRE Word List

PENURY

a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money)

The meaning of the word penury is a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money).

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WordMeaning
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traverseto go or travel across or over
polemicalof, relating to, or being a polemic : controversial
mincingaffectedly dainty or delicate
nepotismfavoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship
rococorococo work or style
purportto have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred)
obligatorybinding in law or conscience
spoonerisma transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil)