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 |
|---|---|
| ambiguous | doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness |
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| prance | to spring from the hind legs or move by so doing |
| gamut | the whole series of recognized musical notes |
| straggle | to wander from the direct course or way : rove |
| commandeer | to compel to perform military service |
| historic | historical |
| somnolent | of a kind likely to induce sleep |
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |
| repel | to drive back : repulse |