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
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| variegate | to diversify in external appearance especially with different colors : dapple |
| blight | a disease or injury of plants marked by the formation of lesions, withering, and death of parts (such as leaves and tubers) |
| angular | forming an angle : sharp-cornered |
| stoic | a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c. |
| slink | to go or move stealthily or furtively (as in fear or shame) : steal |
| abrasive | causing damage, wear, or removal of surface material by grinding or rubbing : tending to abrade |
| varnish | a liquid preparation that when applied to a surface dries to form a hard lustrous typically transparent coating |
| amphibian | an amphibious organism |
| interminable | having or seeming to have no end |
| surly | menacing or threatening in appearance |