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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optimum | the amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end |
avalanche | a large mass of snow, ice, earth, rock, or other material in swift motion down a mountainside or over a precipice |
stink | to emit a strong offensive odor |
elusive | tending to elude: such as |
vent | to provide with a vent |
slaughter | the act of killing |
masticate | to grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : chew |
sour | being, inducing, or marked by the one of the five basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids and is characteristic of lemon juice |
pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |
render | to melt down |