SAT Vocab Week VII (Sophomore English Honors II) (FSWC)

bereft

to be completely without something

pittance

a trivial sum of money

insolvent

unable to pay one's debts

liquidation

selling off assets (often to pay debts)

futile

useless

destitution

abject poverty

penniless

lacking any money

barren

unproductive; devoid of improvement

dearth

a scarcity

supplicant

one seeking assistance

alms

charity for the poor

meager

deficient in quality or quantity

piteous

evoking sympathy

indigent

the condition of being needy

scanty

insufficient in quantity or quality

pauper

a very poor person

privation

the condition of doing without

penury

extreme poverty

abjection

the worst degree of a bad situation

extortion

obtaining money or cooperation by threat

parsimonious

to act in a stingy manner

miserly

characterized by cheapness

paucity

a short supply

mendicant

beggar