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
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|---|---|
| sap | the fluid part of a plant |
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| raffle | to engage in a raffle |
| onerous | involving, imposing, or constituting a burden : troublesome |
| rave | to talk irrationally in or as if in delirium |
| stem_from | arise from; originate from |
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