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Meaning of impoverished



 
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Meaning of impoverished Wed May 10, 2006 13:18 pm  Meaning of impoverished		  
English Idioms and Expressions, Advanced Level

ESL/EFL Test #2 "Hands on", question 3

They have lost all their money and now lead a sort of hand to mouth existence.

(a) impoverished
(b) simplified
(c) leisurely
(d) indifferent

English Idioms and Expressions, Advanced Level

ESL/EFL Test #2 "Hands on", answer 3

They have lost all their money and now lead a sort of impoverished existence.

Correct answer: (a) impoverished
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Meaning of impoverished Wed May 10, 2006 13:46 pm  Meaning of impoverished		  
impoverished is an equivalent of "poor","miserable","depauperate"
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Meaning of impoverished Wed May 10, 2006 14:09 pm  Meaning of impoverished		  
pamela wrote:
impoverished is an equivalent of "poor","miserable","depauperate"

Hi Pamela

I have to admit that "depauperate" is not part of my active vocabulary. But as far as I can tell, this would not be a good synonym here, since it appears to be mainly used in connection with plantlife.

I'm curious where (how) you learned this word, though...

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Meaning of impoverished Wed May 10, 2006 14:58 pm  Meaning of impoverished		  
Yankee wrote:
Hi Pamela

I have to admit that "depauperate" is not part of my active vocabulary. But as far as I can tell, this would not be a good synonym here, since it appears to be mainly used in connection with plantlife.

I'm curious where (how) you learned this word, though...

Amy

Hi,Amy.It's also not a part of my active vocabulary but this word with the given meaning can be met in ABBYY Lingvo dictionary
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