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).

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WordMeaning
eccentricdeviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct especially in odd or whimsical ways
lionizeto treat as an object of great interest or importance
hibernalof, relating to, or occurring in winter
wontaccustomed
empathythe action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner
sovereigntysupreme power especially over a body politic
quashto suppress or extinguish summarily and completely
libidoinstinctual 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
donto put on (an article of clothing)
retributionrecompense