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 |
|---|---|
| emancipate | to free from restraint, control, or the power of another |
| growl | rumble |
| defrock | to deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office |
| bland | smooth and soothing in manner or quality |
| refuse | to express oneself as unwilling to accept |
| pathos | an element in experience or in artistic representation evoking pity or compassion |
| amalgamate | to unite in or as if in an amalgam |
| incriminate | to charge with or show evidence or proof of involvement in a crime or fault |
| buxom | vigorously or healthily plump |
| victuals | food usable by people |