impecunious
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pɪˈkyu adjective
having little or no money; penniless; poor.
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impecunious (ˌɪmpɪˈkjuːnɪəs) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| without money; penniless | |
| [C16: from | |
| impe'cuniously | |
| —adv | |
| impe'cuniousness | |
| —n | |
| impecuniosity | |
| —n | |
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Impecunious
is a GRE word you need to know.
So is amenable. Does it mean:
| hard or impossible to manage; stubbornly disobedient |
| ready or willing to answer, open to influence, persuasion, or advice; agreeable |
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Word Origin & History
impecunious
"lacking in money," 1596, from in- "not" + L. pecuniosus "rich," from pecunia "money, property."
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Example sentences
Princes and impecunious students stood on terms of perfect equality.
Statutory heirs may recover funeral and burial expenses only if the estate is impecunious.
Next, he hooks up with an impecunious cleric who in that regard, is not much different than the beggar.
It was his voluntary, knowing conduct that placed him in his present incarcerated and impecunious position.
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