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 |
|---|---|
| droll | having a humorous, whimsical, or odd quality |
| apropos | being both relevant and opportune |
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |
| mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |
| contumacious | stubbornly disobedient : rebellious |
| multiform | having many forms or appearances |
| suppress | to put down by authority or force : subdue |
| canny | clever |
| qualms | a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety |
| gnarl | snarl |