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 |
|---|---|
| lateral | of or relating to the side |
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |
| warren | a place legally authorized for keeping small game (such as hare or pheasant) |
| mingle | to bring or mix together or with something else usually without fundamental loss of identity : intermix |
| lineaments | an outline, feature, or contour of a body or figure and especially of a face |
| shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |
| potion | a mixture of liquids (such as liquor or medicine) |
| dapper | neat and trim in appearance |
| arrears | the state of being behind in the discharge of obligations |
| mutability | prone to change : inconstant |