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 |
|---|---|
| vegetate | to lead a passive existence without exertion of body or mind |
| gustatory | relating to or associated with eating or the sense of taste |
| airy | of or relating to air : atmospheric |
| naivete | a naive remark or action |
| contravene | to go or act contrary to : violate |
| taciturn | temperamentally disinclined to talk |
| concave | hollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl |
| inscrutable | not readily investigated, interpreted, or understood : mysterious |
| libertine | a freethinker especially in religious matters |
| exquisite | marked by flawless craftsmanship or by beautiful, ingenious, delicate, or elaborate execution |