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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| congruent | congruous |
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| dauntless | incapable of being intimidated or subdued : fearless |
| sprout | to grow, spring up, or come forth as or as if a sprout |
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
| repartee | a quick and witty reply |
| exertion | the act or an instance of exerting |
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| loll | to hang loosely or laxly : droop |
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