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indigence

nounCommon GRE wordMore I words

the state of extreme poverty

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Indigence in a sentence

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Years of unemployment had reduced the once-prosperous family to indigence.

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affluencewealth
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Indigence (noun) means the state of extreme poverty
Here is indigence used in an example sentence: "Years of unemployment had reduced the once-prosperous family to indigence."
Common synonyms for indigence include poverty, destitution, penury, want.
Antonyms of indigence include affluence, wealth.
Indigence is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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