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 |
|---|---|
| heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |
| expedite | to accelerate the process or progress of : speed up |
| perpetrate | to bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit |
| metrical | of, relating to, or composed in meter |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| maleficent | working or productive of harm or evil : baleful |
| predilection | an established preference for something |
| escapade | a usually adventurous action that runs counter to approved or conventional conduct |
| temper | heat of mind or emotion : proneness to anger : passion |
| aperture | an opening or open space : hole |