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 |
|---|---|
| skimp | skimpy |
| intermittent | coming and going at intervals : not continuous |
| erode | to diminish or destroy by degrees: |
| temperament | characteristic or habitual inclination or mode of emotional response |
| gaudy | ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented |
| pronounced | strongly marked : decided |
| doze | to sleep lightly |
| dart | a light spear |
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
| latch | to lay hold with or as if with the hands or arms |