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

WordMeaning
pandemicoccurring over a wide geographic area (such as multiple countries or continents) and typically affecting a significant proportion of the population
simperto smile in a silly, affected, or ingratiating manner
brawnthe flesh of a boar
emendto correct usually by textual alterations
polemicalof, relating to, or being a polemic : controversial
kineticof or relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces and energy associated therewith
homeostasisa relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group
pantomimepantomimist
flaila hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely
inundateoverwhelm