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SAT vocabulary 9
Mrs.Hahn RWS
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| austere | severe in manner or appearance; uncompromising; strict; forbidding....Adjective |
| avarice | insatiable greed for riches; inordinate, miserly desire to gain and hoard wealth...Noun |
| frugal | economical in use or expenditure; prudently saving or sparing; not wasteful...Adjective |
| mercenary | working or acting merely for money or other reward; venal...Adjective |
| miserly | of, like, or befitting a miser; penurious; stingy; niggardly.....Adjective |
| parsimonious | characterized by or showing parsimony; frugal or stingy...Adjective |
| penurious | extremely stingy; parsimonious; miserly. extremely poor; destitute; indigent.....Adjective |
| thrifty | practicing thrift or economical management; frugal...Adjective |