penury

Day 24Level 2

PEHN-yuh-ree

poverty

extreme poverty

Part of Speech: noun

Synonyms:

destitution, indigence

Antonyms:

affluence, wealth

Example Sentence:

His finances remained precarious, with periods of prosperity and of penury.

Related Words

endure, remain

uh-BAHYD

to endure; to remain

hostility

aan-TIH-puh-thee

hostility; a strong feeling of dislike

contradict

bih-LYE

to give a false impression of ; to misrepresent

blunt

bruhsk

rough and abrupt in manner

frank

KAAN-did

frank; honest in speech

council

KAW-kuhs

a group of people of similar interests in an organization