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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| aberrant | deviating from the usual or natural type : atypical |
| resign | relegate |
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| rectitude | the quality or state of being straight |
| irrevocable | not possible to revoke : unalterable |
| disengage | to release from something that engages or involves |
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