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

WordMeaning
conveyancethe action of conveying
tertiaryof third rank, importance, or value
poseura person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person
nullifyto make null (see null
festerto generate pus
forwardnear, being at, or belonging to the forepart
rejoinderthe defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication
unctionthe act of anointing as a rite of consecration or healing
ferociousexhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality
congenialpleasant