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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|---|---|
| impregnable | incapable of being taken by assault : unconquerable |
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| scintilla | spark |
| foreboding | the act of one who forebodes |
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