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 |
|---|---|
| angular | forming an angle : sharp-cornered |
| outlandish | of or relating to another country : foreign |
| rococo | rococo work or style |
| redress | to set right : remedy |
| gush | to issue copiously or violently |
| stammer | to make involuntary stops and repetitions in speaking : stutter |
| menagerie | a place where animals are kept and trained especially for exhibition |
| sustain | to give support or relief to |
| ineffable | incapable of being expressed in words : indescribable |
| staccato | cut short or apart in performing : disconnected |