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 |
|---|---|
| verbiage | a profusion of words usually of little or obscure content |
| existential | of, relating to, or affirming existence |
| corrugated | having corrugations |
| somber | so shaded as to be dark and gloomy |
| stockade | a line of stout posts set firmly to form a defense |
| discomfit | to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert |
| discompose | to destroy the composure of |
| blase | apathetic to pleasure or excitement as a result of excessive indulgence or enjoyment : world-weary |
| hew | to cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument |
| calamity | a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering |