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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|---|---|
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
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| emaciated | very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness |
| totter | to move unsteadily : stagger |
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| lunar | crescent |
| pragmatist | a practical approach to problems and affairs |
| misdemeanor | a crime less serious than a felony (see felony |
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