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).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| habitat | the place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows |
| abscond | to depart secretly and hide oneself |
| replicate | duplicate |
| obtuse | not pointed or acute : blunt |
| temperament | characteristic or habitual inclination or mode of emotional response |
| stint | a period of time spent at a particular activity |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| afterlife | an existence after death |
| unilateral | done or undertaken by one person or party |
| leonine | of, relating to, suggestive of, or resembling a lion |