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 |
|---|---|
| reproach | an expression of rebuke or disapproval |
| antagonism | opposition of a conflicting force, tendency, or principle |
| imbue | endow |
| unfaltering | not wavering or weakening : firm |
| carrion | dead and putrefying flesh |
| disport | sport |
| supplicate | to make a humble entreaty |
| secession | withdrawal into privacy or solitude : retirement |
| protege | one who is protected or trained or whose career is furthered by a person of experience, prominence, or influence |
| resurrect | to raise from the dead |