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 |
|---|---|
| audacious | intrepidly daring : adventurous |
| centrifuge | a machine using centrifugal force for separating substances of different densities, for removing moisture, or for simulating gravitational effects |
| prattle | prate |
| rift | fissure |
| shambles | a meat market |
| sycophant | a servile self-seeking flatterer |
| demagogue | a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power |
| comestible | edible |
| outlook | a place offering a view |
| default | failure to do something required by duty or law : neglect |