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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WordMeaning
heresyadherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma
expediteto accelerate the process or progress of : speed up
perpetrateto bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit
metricalof, relating to, or composed in meter
libidoinstinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity
maleficentworking or productive of harm or evil : baleful
predilectionan established preference for something
escapadea usually adventurous action that runs counter to approved or conventional conduct
temperheat of mind or emotion : proneness to anger : passion
aperturean opening or open space : hole