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Your uncle wouldn’t even part with a dime to help the kids pay for their trip. That’s just one more example of his penurious ways. In contrast, many people who have much less money have donated a great deal to the cause. What does “penurious” mean?
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- very old
- very wealthy
- very humorous
- very stingy
Correct Option: D
Penurious means extremely poor; poverty-stricken
We would be thrifty, but not penurious, when it came to lodging and admission costs
Like Carter, Lance came from a modest but not penurious background
It was sometimes used by penurious governments to reduce costs
