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 |
|---|---|
| discount | a reduction made from the gross (see gross |
| surreptitious | done, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine |
| talisman | an object held to act as a charm to avert evil and bring good fortune |
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |
| synthesis | the composition or combination of parts or elements so as to form a whole |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| endue | provide |
| pugilist | fighter |
| seminary | an environment in which something originates and from which it is propagated |
| raze | to destroy to the ground : demolish |