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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| dabble | to work or involve oneself superficially or intermittently especially in a secondary activity or interest |
| taint | to contaminate morally : corrupt |
| foliage | a representation of leaves, flowers, and branches for architectural ornamentation |
| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |
| deplete | to empty of a principal substance |
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| relinquish | to withdraw or retreat from : leave behind |
| insurmountable | incapable of being surmounted : insuperable |
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| tentative | not fully worked out or developed |