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 |
|---|---|
| spoof | deceive |
| bemused | marked by confusion or bewilderment : dazed |
| lucid | suffused with light : luminous |
| omniscient | having infinite awareness, understanding, and insight |
| recumbent | suggestive of repose : leaning |
| shoddy | a reclaimed wool from materials that are not felted that is of better quality and longer staple than mungo |
| megalomania | a mania (see mania |
| scraps | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| verve | the spirit and enthusiasm animating artistic composition or performance : vivacity |
| fitful | characterized by fits or paroxysms |