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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|---|---|
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| urchin | hedgehog |
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| practicable | capable of being put into practice or of being done or accomplished : feasible |
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| conservatory | a greenhouse for growing or displaying plants |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
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