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 |
|---|---|
| traduce | to expose to shame or blame by means of falsehood and misrepresentation |
| flout | to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn |
| irrefutable | impossible to refute : incontrovertible |
| harbor | a place of security and comfort : refuge |
| gullible | easily duped or cheated |
| bombastic | marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous |
| judiciary | a system of courts of law |
| friction | the rubbing of one body against another |
| lunar | crescent |
| nonchalance | the quality or state of being nonchalant |