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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|---|---|
| demographic | the statistical characteristics of human populations (such as age or income) used especially to identify markets |
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| tightwad | a close or miserly person |
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| perpetuate | to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely |
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| tangential | touching lightly : incidental |
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