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 |
|---|---|
| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |
| vitreous | resembling glass (as in color, composition, brittleness, or luster) : glassy |
| sanctimonious | hypocritically pious or devout |
| forebears | ancestor |
| obliterate | to remove utterly from recognition or memory |
| credential | warranting credit or confidence |
| bate | to reduce the force or intensity of : restrain |
| smug | highly self-satisfied |
| prey | an animal taken by a predator as food |
| malediction | curse |