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 |
|---|---|
| epistemologist | the study or a theory of the nature and grounds of knowledge especially with reference to its limits and validity |
| reconnaissance | a preliminary survey to gain information |
| sphinx-like | enigmatic; mysterious |
| cameo | a gem carved in relief (see relief |
| incarnate | invested with bodily and especially human nature and form |
| supine | lying on the back or with the face upward |
| dingy | dirty |
| navigable | deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to ships |
| innocuous | producing no injury : harmless |
| squelch | to fall or stamp on so as to crush |