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

WordMeaning
sunderto break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space
ambidextroususing both hands with equal ease or dexterity
covertnot openly shown, engaged in, or avowed : veiled
mollycoddleto treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention
centurionan officer commanding a Roman century
asymmetrichaving two sides or halves that are not the same : not symmetrical
exculpateto clear from alleged fault or guilt
savanta person of learning
yena strong desire or propensity
belaborto attack verbally