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 |
|---|---|
| raspy | harsh |
| peevish | querulous in temperament or mood : fretful |
| perversion | the action of perverting : the condition of being perverted |
| obtrude | to thrust out : extrude |
| dereliction | an intentional abandonment |
| pathological | of or relating to pathology |
| revulsion | a strong pulling or drawing away : withdrawal |
| unkempt | not combed |
| pulmonary | of, relating to, affecting, or occurring in the lungs |
| vagabond | a person who wanders from place to place without a fixed home : one leading a vagabond life |