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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impoverish | to make poor |
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
| inured | to accustom to accept something undesirable |
| rankle | to cause anger, irritation, or deep bitterness |
| averse | having an active feeling of repugnance, dislike, or distaste |
| quaint | pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar |
| import | to bring from a foreign or external source: such as |
| ecliptic | of or relating to the ecliptic or an eclipse |
| altruistic | relating to or given to altruism: |
| conscript | a conscripted person (such as a military recruit) |