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
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verbiage | a profusion of words usually of little or obscure content |
existential | of, relating to, or affirming existence |
corrugated | having corrugations |
somber | so shaded as to be dark and gloomy |
stockade | a line of stout posts set firmly to form a defense |
discomfit | to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert |
discompose | to destroy the composure of |
blase | apathetic to pleasure or excitement as a result of excessive indulgence or enjoyment : world-weary |
hew | to cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument |
calamity | a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering |