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).

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WordMeaning
obfuscateto throw into shadow : darken
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin
genuflectto bend the knee
ascertainto find out or learn with certainty
deposeto remove from a throne or other high position
mettlevigor and strength of spirit or temperament (see temperament
serebeing dried and withered
inalienableincapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred
renderto melt down
feintsomething feigned