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 |
|---|---|
| culpable | meriting condemnation or blame especially as wrong or harmful |
| masticate | to grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : chew |
| evasive | tending or intended to evade : equivocal |
| repudiate | to refuse to accept |
| cull | to select from a group : choose |
| convivial | relating to, occupied with, or fond of feasting, drinking, and good company |
| maniacal | affected with or suggestive of madness |
| proverb | a brief popular epigram or maxim : adage |
| obscure | dark |
| painstaking | taking pains : expending, showing, or involving diligent care and effort |