–adjective

1.	having little or no money, goods, or other means of support: a poor family living on welfare.

2.	Law. dependent upon charity or public support.

3.	(of a country, institution, etc.) meagerly supplied or endowed with resources or funds.

4.	characterized by or showing poverty.

5.	deficient or lacking in something specified: a region poor in mineral deposits.

6.	faulty or inferior, as in construction: poor workmanship.

7.	deficient in desirable ingredients, qualities, or the like: poor soil.

8.	excessively lean or emaciated, as cattle.

9.	of an inferior, inadequate, or unsatisfactory kind: poor health.

10.	lacking in skill, ability, or training: a poor cook.

11.	deficient in moral excellence; cowardly, abject, or mean.

12.	scanty, meager, or paltry in amount or number: a poor audience.

13.	humble; modest: They shared their poor meal with a stranger.

14.	unfortunate; hapless: The poor dog was limping.

–noun

15.	(used with a plural verb) poor persons collectively (usually prec. by the): sympathy for the poor.

—Idioms

16.	poor as a church mouse, extremely poor.

17.	poor as Job's turkey, extremely poor; impoverished.

1. Having little or no wealth and few or no possessions.

2. Lacking in a specified resource or quality: an area poor in timber and coal; a diet poor in calcium.

3. Not adequate in quality; inferior: a poor performance.

4. 1. Lacking in value; insufficient: poor wages.

   2. Lacking in quantity: poor attendance.

5. Lacking fertility: poor soil.

6. Undernourished; lean.

7. Humble: a poor spirit.

8. Eliciting or deserving pity; pitiable: couldn't rescue the poor fellow.

» Lesson No. 1 Glossary

–adjective

1.	having little or no money, goods, or other means of support: a poor family living on welfare.

2.	Law. dependent upon charity or public support.

3.	(of a country, institution, etc.) meagerly supplied or endowed with resources or funds.

4.	characterized by or showing poverty.

5.	deficient or lacking in something specified: a region poor in mineral deposits.

6.	faulty or inferior, as in construction: poor workmanship.

7.	deficient in desirable ingredients, qualities, or the like: poor soil.

8.	excessively lean or emaciated, as cattle.

9.	of an inferior, inadequate, or unsatisfactory kind: poor health.

10.	lacking in skill, ability, or training: a poor cook.

11.	deficient in moral excellence; cowardly, abject, or mean.

12.	scanty, meager, or paltry in amount or number: a poor audience.

13.	humble; modest: They shared their poor meal with a stranger.

14.	unfortunate; hapless: The poor dog was limping.

–noun

15.	(used with a plural verb) poor persons collectively (usually prec. by the): sympathy for the poor.

—Idioms

16.	poor as a church mouse, extremely poor.

17.	poor as Job's turkey, extremely poor; impoverished.

1. Having little or no wealth and few or no possessions.

2. Lacking in a specified resource or quality: an area poor in timber and coal; a diet poor in calcium.

3. Not adequate in quality; inferior: a poor performance.

4. 1. Lacking in value; insufficient: poor wages.

   2. Lacking in quantity: poor attendance.

5. Lacking fertility: poor soil.

6. Undernourished; lean.

7. Humble: a poor spirit.

8. Eliciting or deserving pity; pitiable: couldn't rescue the poor fellow.

» Lesson No. 1 Glossary

–adjective

1.	having little or no money, goods, or other means of support: a poor family living on welfare.

2.	Law. dependent upon charity or public support.

3.	(of a country, institution, etc.) meagerly supplied or endowed with resources or funds.

4.	characterized by or showing poverty.

5.	deficient or lacking in something specified: a region poor in mineral deposits.

6.	faulty or inferior, as in construction: poor workmanship.

7.	deficient in desirable ingredients, qualities, or the like: poor soil.

8.	excessively lean or emaciated, as cattle.

9.	of an inferior, inadequate, or unsatisfactory kind: poor health.

10.	lacking in skill, ability, or training: a poor cook.

11.	deficient in moral excellence; cowardly, abject, or mean.

12.	scanty, meager, or paltry in amount or number: a poor audience.

13.	humble; modest: They shared their poor meal with a stranger.

14.	unfortunate; hapless: The poor dog was limping.

–noun

15.	(used with a plural verb) poor persons collectively (usually prec. by the): sympathy for the poor.

—Idioms

16.	poor as a church mouse, extremely poor.

17.	poor as Job's turkey, extremely poor; impoverished.

1. Having little or no wealth and few or no possessions.

2. Lacking in a specified resource or quality: an area poor in timber and coal; a diet poor in calcium.

3. Not adequate in quality; inferior: a poor performance.

4. 1. Lacking in value; insufficient: poor wages.

   2. Lacking in quantity: poor attendance.

5. Lacking fertility: poor soil.

6. Undernourished; lean.

7. Humble: a poor spirit.

8. Eliciting or deserving pity; pitiable: couldn't rescue the poor fellow.

» Lesson No. 1 Glossary

–adjective

1.	having little or no money, goods, or other means of support: a poor family living on welfare.

2.	Law. dependent upon charity or public support.

3.	(of a country, institution, etc.) meagerly supplied or endowed with resources or funds.

4.	characterized by or showing poverty.

5.	deficient or lacking in something specified: a region poor in mineral deposits.

6.	faulty or inferior, as in construction: poor workmanship.

7.	deficient in desirable ingredients, qualities, or the like: poor soil.

8.	excessively lean or emaciated, as cattle.

9.	of an inferior, inadequate, or unsatisfactory kind: poor health.

10.	lacking in skill, ability, or training: a poor cook.

11.	deficient in moral excellence; cowardly, abject, or mean.

12.	scanty, meager, or paltry in amount or number: a poor audience.

13.	humble; modest: They shared their poor meal with a stranger.

14.	unfortunate; hapless: The poor dog was limping.

–noun

15.	(used with a plural verb) poor persons collectively (usually prec. by the): sympathy for the poor.

—Idioms

16.	poor as a church mouse, extremely poor.

17.	poor as Job's turkey, extremely poor; impoverished.

1. Having little or no wealth and few or no possessions.

2. Lacking in a specified resource or quality: an area poor in timber and coal; a diet poor in calcium.

3. Not adequate in quality; inferior: a poor performance.

4. 1. Lacking in value; insufficient: poor wages.

   2. Lacking in quantity: poor attendance.

5. Lacking fertility: poor soil.

6. Undernourished; lean.

7. Humble: a poor spirit.

8. Eliciting or deserving pity; pitiable: couldn't rescue the poor fellow.

» Lesson No. 1 Glossary

–adjective

1.	having little or no money, goods, or other means of support: a poor family living on welfare.

2.	Law. dependent upon charity or public support.

3.	(of a country, institution, etc.) meagerly supplied or endowed with resources or funds.

4.	characterized by or showing poverty.

5.	deficient or lacking in something specified: a region poor in mineral deposits.

6.	faulty or inferior, as in construction: poor workmanship.

7.	deficient in desirable ingredients, qualities, or the like: poor soil.

8.	excessively lean or emaciated, as cattle.

9.	of an inferior, inadequate, or unsatisfactory kind: poor health.

10.	lacking in skill, ability, or training: a poor cook.

11.	deficient in moral excellence; cowardly, abject, or mean.

12.	scanty, meager, or paltry in amount or number: a poor audience.

13.	humble; modest: They shared their poor meal with a stranger.

14.	unfortunate; hapless: The poor dog was limping.

–noun

15.	(used with a plural verb) poor persons collectively (usually prec. by the): sympathy for the poor.

—Idioms

16.	poor as a church mouse, extremely poor.

17.	poor as Job's turkey, extremely poor; impoverished.

1. Having little or no wealth and few or no possessions.

2. Lacking in a specified resource or quality: an area poor in timber and coal; a diet poor in calcium.

3. Not adequate in quality; inferior: a poor performance.

4. 1. Lacking in value; insufficient: poor wages.

   2. Lacking in quantity: poor attendance.

5. Lacking fertility: poor soil.

6. Undernourished; lean.

7. Humble: a poor spirit.

8. Eliciting or deserving pity; pitiable: couldn't rescue the poor fellow.

» Lesson No. 1 Glossary

–adjective

1.	having little or no money, goods, or other means of support: a poor family living on welfare.

2.	Law. dependent upon charity or public support.

3.	(of a country, institution, etc.) meagerly supplied or endowed with resources or funds.

4.	characterized by or showing poverty.

5.	deficient or lacking in something specified: a region poor in mineral deposits.

6.	faulty or inferior, as in construction: poor workmanship.

7.	deficient in desirable ingredients, qualities, or the like: poor soil.

8.	excessively lean or emaciated, as cattle.

9.	of an inferior, inadequate, or unsatisfactory kind: poor health.

10.	lacking in skill, ability, or training: a poor cook.

11.	deficient in moral excellence; cowardly, abject, or mean.

12.	scanty, meager, or paltry in amount or number: a poor audience.

13.	humble; modest: They shared their poor meal with a stranger.

14.	unfortunate; hapless: The poor dog was limping.

–noun

15.	(used with a plural verb) poor persons collectively (usually prec. by the): sympathy for the poor.

—Idioms

16.	poor as a church mouse, extremely poor.

17.	poor as Job's turkey, extremely poor; impoverished.

1. Having little or no wealth and few or no possessions.

2. Lacking in a specified resource or quality: an area poor in timber and coal; a diet poor in calcium.

3. Not adequate in quality; inferior: a poor performance.

4. 1. Lacking in value; insufficient: poor wages.

   2. Lacking in quantity: poor attendance.

5. Lacking fertility: poor soil.

6. Undernourished; lean.

7. Humble: a poor spirit.

8. Eliciting or deserving pity; pitiable: couldn't rescue the poor fellow.

» Lesson No. 1 Glossary

–adjective

1.	having little or no money, goods, or other means of support: a poor family living on welfare.

2.	Law. dependent upon charity or public support.

3.	(of a country, institution, etc.) meagerly supplied or endowed with resources or funds.

4.	characterized by or showing poverty.

5.	deficient or lacking in something specified: a region poor in mineral deposits.

6.	faulty or inferior, as in construction: poor workmanship.

7.	deficient in desirable ingredients, qualities, or the like: poor soil.

8.	excessively lean or emaciated, as cattle.

9.	of an inferior, inadequate, or unsatisfactory kind: poor health.

10.	lacking in skill, ability, or training: a poor cook.

11.	deficient in moral excellence; cowardly, abject, or mean.

12.	scanty, meager, or paltry in amount or number: a poor audience.

13.	humble; modest: They shared their poor meal with a stranger.

14.	unfortunate; hapless: The poor dog was limping.

–noun

15.	(used with a plural verb) poor persons collectively (usually prec. by the): sympathy for the poor.

—Idioms

16.	poor as a church mouse, extremely poor.

17.	poor as Job's turkey, extremely poor; impoverished.

1. Having little or no wealth and few or no possessions.

2. Lacking in a specified resource or quality: an area poor in timber and coal; a diet poor in calcium.

3. Not adequate in quality; inferior: a poor performance.

4. 1. Lacking in value; insufficient: poor wages.

   2. Lacking in quantity: poor attendance.

5. Lacking fertility: poor soil.

6. Undernourished; lean.

7. Humble: a poor spirit.

8. Eliciting or deserving pity; pitiable: couldn't rescue the poor fellow.

» Lesson No. 1 Glossary

–adjective

1.	having little or no money, goods, or other means of support: a poor family living on welfare.

2.	Law. dependent upon charity or public support.

3.	(of a country, institution, etc.) meagerly supplied or endowed with resources or funds.

4.	characterized by or showing poverty.

5.	deficient or lacking in something specified: a region poor in mineral deposits.

6.	faulty or inferior, as in construction: poor workmanship.

7.	deficient in desirable ingredients, qualities, or the like: poor soil.

8.	excessively lean or emaciated, as cattle.

9.	of an inferior, inadequate, or unsatisfactory kind: poor health.

10.	lacking in skill, ability, or training: a poor cook.

11.	deficient in moral excellence; cowardly, abject, or mean.

12.	scanty, meager, or paltry in amount or number: a poor audience.

13.	humble; modest: They shared their poor meal with a stranger.

14.	unfortunate; hapless: The poor dog was limping.

–noun

15.	(used with a plural verb) poor persons collectively (usually prec. by the): sympathy for the poor.

—Idioms

16.	poor as a church mouse, extremely poor.

17.	poor as Job's turkey, extremely poor; impoverished.

1. Having little or no wealth and few or no possessions.

2. Lacking in a specified resource or quality: an area poor in timber and coal; a diet poor in calcium.

3. Not adequate in quality; inferior: a poor performance.

4. 1. Lacking in value; insufficient: poor wages.

   2. Lacking in quantity: poor attendance.

5. Lacking fertility: poor soil.

6. Undernourished; lean.

7. Humble: a poor spirit.

8. Eliciting or deserving pity; pitiable: couldn't rescue the poor fellow.

» Lesson No. 1 Glossary

–adjective

1.	having little or no money, goods, or other means of support: a poor family living on welfare.

2.	Law. dependent upon charity or public support.

3.	(of a country, institution, etc.) meagerly supplied or endowed with resources or funds.

4.	characterized by or showing poverty.

5.	deficient or lacking in something specified: a region poor in mineral deposits.

6.	faulty or inferior, as in construction: poor workmanship.

7.	deficient in desirable ingredients, qualities, or the like: poor soil.

8.	excessively lean or emaciated, as cattle.

9.	of an inferior, inadequate, or unsatisfactory kind: poor health.

10.	lacking in skill, ability, or training: a poor cook.

11.	deficient in moral excellence; cowardly, abject, or mean.

12.	scanty, meager, or paltry in amount or number: a poor audience.

13.	humble; modest: They shared their poor meal with a stranger.

14.	unfortunate; hapless: The poor dog was limping.

–noun

15.	(used with a plural verb) poor persons collectively (usually prec. by the): sympathy for the poor.

—Idioms

16.	poor as a church mouse, extremely poor.

17.	poor as Job's turkey, extremely poor; impoverished.

1. Having little or no wealth and few or no possessions.

2. Lacking in a specified resource or quality: an area poor in timber and coal; a diet poor in calcium.

3. Not adequate in quality; inferior: a poor performance.

4. 1. Lacking in value; insufficient: poor wages.

   2. Lacking in quantity: poor attendance.

5. Lacking fertility: poor soil.

6. Undernourished; lean.

7. Humble: a poor spirit.

8. Eliciting or deserving pity; pitiable: couldn't rescue the poor fellow.

» Lesson No. 1 Glossary

–adjective

1.	having little or no money, goods, or other means of support: a poor family living on welfare.

2.	Law. dependent upon charity or public support.

3.	(of a country, institution, etc.) meagerly supplied or endowed with resources or funds.

4.	characterized by or showing poverty.

5.	deficient or lacking in something specified: a region poor in mineral deposits.

6.	faulty or inferior, as in construction: poor workmanship.

7.	deficient in desirable ingredients, qualities, or the like: poor soil.

8.	excessively lean or emaciated, as cattle.

9.	of an inferior, inadequate, or unsatisfactory kind: poor health.

10.	lacking in skill, ability, or training: a poor cook.

11.	deficient in moral excellence; cowardly, abject, or mean.

12.	scanty, meager, or paltry in amount or number: a poor audience.

13.	humble; modest: They shared their poor meal with a stranger.

14.	unfortunate; hapless: The poor dog was limping.

–noun

15.	(used with a plural verb) poor persons collectively (usually prec. by the): sympathy for the poor.

—Idioms

16.	poor as a church mouse, extremely poor.

17.	poor as Job's turkey, extremely poor; impoverished.

1. Having little or no wealth and few or no possessions.

2. Lacking in a specified resource or quality: an area poor in timber and coal; a diet poor in calcium.

3. Not adequate in quality; inferior: a poor performance.

4. 1. Lacking in value; insufficient: poor wages.

   2. Lacking in quantity: poor attendance.

5. Lacking fertility: poor soil.

6. Undernourished; lean.

7. Humble: a poor spirit.

8. Eliciting or deserving pity; pitiable: couldn't rescue the poor fellow.

» Lesson No. 1 Glossary

–adjective

1.	having little or no money, goods, or other means of support: a poor family living on welfare.

2.	Law. dependent upon charity or public support.

3.	(of a country, institution, etc.) meagerly supplied or endowed with resources or funds.

4.	characterized by or showing poverty.

5.	deficient or lacking in something specified: a region poor in mineral deposits.

6.	faulty or inferior, as in construction: poor workmanship.

7.	deficient in desirable ingredients, qualities, or the like: poor soil.

8.	excessively lean or emaciated, as cattle.

9.	of an inferior, inadequate, or unsatisfactory kind: poor health.

10.	lacking in skill, ability, or training: a poor cook.

11.	deficient in moral excellence; cowardly, abject, or mean.

12.	scanty, meager, or paltry in amount or number: a poor audience.

13.	humble; modest: They shared their poor meal with a stranger.

14.	unfortunate; hapless: The poor dog was limping.

–noun

15.	(used with a plural verb) poor persons collectively (usually prec. by the): sympathy for the poor.

—Idioms

16.	poor as a church mouse, extremely poor.

17.	poor as Job's turkey, extremely poor; impoverished.

1. Having little or no wealth and few or no possessions.

2. Lacking in a specified resource or quality: an area poor in timber and coal; a diet poor in calcium.

3. Not adequate in quality; inferior: a poor performance.

4. 1. Lacking in value; insufficient: poor wages.

   2. Lacking in quantity: poor attendance.

5. Lacking fertility: poor soil.

6. Undernourished; lean.

7. Humble: a poor spirit.

8. Eliciting or deserving pity; pitiable: couldn't rescue the poor fellow.

» Lesson No. 1 Glossary

–adjective

1.	having little or no money, goods, or other means of support: a poor family living on welfare.

2.	Law. dependent upon charity or public support.

3.	(of a country, institution, etc.) meagerly supplied or endowed with resources or funds.

4.	characterized by or showing poverty.

5.	deficient or lacking in something specified: a region poor in mineral deposits.

6.	faulty or inferior, as in construction: poor workmanship.

7.	deficient in desirable ingredients, qualities, or the like: poor soil.

8.	excessively lean or emaciated, as cattle.

9.	of an inferior, inadequate, or unsatisfactory kind: poor health.

10.	lacking in skill, ability, or training: a poor cook.

11.	deficient in moral excellence; cowardly, abject, or mean.

12.	scanty, meager, or paltry in amount or number: a poor audience.

13.	humble; modest: They shared their poor meal with a stranger.

14.	unfortunate; hapless: The poor dog was limping.

–noun

15.	(used with a plural verb) poor persons collectively (usually prec. by the): sympathy for the poor.

—Idioms

16.	poor as a church mouse, extremely poor.

17.	poor as Job's turkey, extremely poor; impoverished.

1. Having little or no wealth and few or no possessions.

2. Lacking in a specified resource or quality: an area poor in timber and coal; a diet poor in calcium.

3. Not adequate in quality; inferior: a poor performance.

4. 1. Lacking in value; insufficient: poor wages.

   2. Lacking in quantity: poor attendance.

5. Lacking fertility: poor soil.

6. Undernourished; lean.

7. Humble: a poor spirit.

8. Eliciting or deserving pity; pitiable: couldn't rescue the poor fellow.

» Lesson No. 1 Glossary

–adjective

1.	having little or no money, goods, or other means of support: a poor family living on welfare.

2.	Law. dependent upon charity or public support.

3.	(of a country, institution, etc.) meagerly supplied or endowed with resources or funds.

4.	characterized by or showing poverty.

5.	deficient or lacking in something specified: a region poor in mineral deposits.

6.	faulty or inferior, as in construction: poor workmanship.

7.	deficient in desirable ingredients, qualities, or the like: poor soil.

8.	excessively lean or emaciated, as cattle.

9.	of an inferior, inadequate, or unsatisfactory kind: poor health.

10.	lacking in skill, ability, or training: a poor cook.

11.	deficient in moral excellence; cowardly, abject, or mean.

12.	scanty, meager, or paltry in amount or number: a poor audience.

13.	humble; modest: They shared their poor meal with a stranger.

14.	unfortunate; hapless: The poor dog was limping.

–noun

15.	(used with a plural verb) poor persons collectively (usually prec. by the): sympathy for the poor.

—Idioms

16.	poor as a church mouse, extremely poor.

17.	poor as Job's turkey, extremely poor; impoverished.

1. Having little or no wealth and few or no possessions.

2. Lacking in a specified resource or quality: an area poor in timber and coal; a diet poor in calcium.

3. Not adequate in quality; inferior: a poor performance.

4. 1. Lacking in value; insufficient: poor wages.

   2. Lacking in quantity: poor attendance.

5. Lacking fertility: poor soil.

6. Undernourished; lean.

7. Humble: a poor spirit.

8. Eliciting or deserving pity; pitiable: couldn't rescue the poor fellow.

» Lesson No. 1 Glossary

–adjective

1.	having little or no money, goods, or other means of support: a poor family living on welfare.

2.	Law. dependent upon charity or public support.

3.	(of a country, institution, etc.) meagerly supplied or endowed with resources or funds.

4.	characterized by or showing poverty.

5.	deficient or lacking in something specified: a region poor in mineral deposits.

6.	faulty or inferior, as in construction: poor workmanship.

7.	deficient in desirable ingredients, qualities, or the like: poor soil.

8.	excessively lean or emaciated, as cattle.

9.	of an inferior, inadequate, or unsatisfactory kind: poor health.

10.	lacking in skill, ability, or training: a poor cook.

11.	deficient in moral excellence; cowardly, abject, or mean.

12.	scanty, meager, or paltry in amount or number: a poor audience.

13.	humble; modest: They shared their poor meal with a stranger.

14.	unfortunate; hapless: The poor dog was limping.

–noun

15.	(used with a plural verb) poor persons collectively (usually prec. by the): sympathy for the poor.

—Idioms

16.	poor as a church mouse, extremely poor.

17.	poor as Job's turkey, extremely poor; impoverished.

1. Having little or no wealth and few or no possessions.

2. Lacking in a specified resource or quality: an area poor in timber and coal; a diet poor in calcium.

3. Not adequate in quality; inferior: a poor performance.

4. 1. Lacking in value; insufficient: poor wages.

   2. Lacking in quantity: poor attendance.

5. Lacking fertility: poor soil.

6. Undernourished; lean.

7. Humble: a poor spirit.

8. Eliciting or deserving pity; pitiable: couldn't rescue the poor fellow.

» Lesson No. 1 Glossary

–adjective

1.	having little or no money, goods, or other means of support: a poor family living on welfare.

2.	Law. dependent upon charity or public support.

3.	(of a country, institution, etc.) meagerly supplied or endowed with resources or funds.

4.	characterized by or showing poverty.

5.	deficient or lacking in something specified: a region poor in mineral deposits.

6.	faulty or inferior, as in construction: poor workmanship.

7.	deficient in desirable ingredients, qualities, or the like: poor soil.

8.	excessively lean or emaciated, as cattle.

9.	of an inferior, inadequate, or unsatisfactory kind: poor health.

10.	lacking in skill, ability, or training: a poor cook.

11.	deficient in moral excellence; cowardly, abject, or mean.

12.	scanty, meager, or paltry in amount or number: a poor audience.

13.	humble; modest: They shared their poor meal with a stranger.

14.	unfortunate; hapless: The poor dog was limping.

–noun

15.	(used with a plural verb) poor persons collectively (usually prec. by the): sympathy for the poor.

—Idioms

16.	poor as a church mouse, extremely poor.

17.	poor as Job's turkey, extremely poor; impoverished.

1. Having little or no wealth and few or no possessions.

2. Lacking in a specified resource or quality: an area poor in timber and coal; a diet poor in calcium.

3. Not adequate in quality; inferior: a poor performance.

4. 1. Lacking in value; insufficient: poor wages.

   2. Lacking in quantity: poor attendance.

5. Lacking fertility: poor soil.

6. Undernourished; lean.

7. Humble: a poor spirit.

8. Eliciting or deserving pity; pitiable: couldn't rescue the poor fellow.

» Lesson No. 1 Glossary

–adjective

1.	having little or no money, goods, or other means of support: a poor family living on welfare.

2.	Law. dependent upon charity or public support.

3.	(of a country, institution, etc.) meagerly supplied or endowed with resources or funds.

4.	characterized by or showing poverty.

5.	deficient or lacking in something specified: a region poor in mineral deposits.

6.	faulty or inferior, as in construction: poor workmanship.

7.	deficient in desirable ingredients, qualities, or the like: poor soil.

8.	excessively lean or emaciated, as cattle.

9.	of an inferior, inadequate, or unsatisfactory kind: poor health.

10.	lacking in skill, ability, or training: a poor cook.

11.	deficient in moral excellence; cowardly, abject, or mean.

12.	scanty, meager, or paltry in amount or number: a poor audience.

13.	humble; modest: They shared their poor meal with a stranger.

14.	unfortunate; hapless: The poor dog was limping.

–noun

15.	(used with a plural verb) poor persons collectively (usually prec. by the): sympathy for the poor.

—Idioms

16.	poor as a church mouse, extremely poor.

17.	poor as Job's turkey, extremely poor; impoverished.

1. Having little or no wealth and few or no possessions.

2. Lacking in a specified resource or quality: an area poor in timber and coal; a diet poor in calcium.

3. Not adequate in quality; inferior: a poor performance.

4. 1. Lacking in value; insufficient: poor wages.

   2. Lacking in quantity: poor attendance.

5. Lacking fertility: poor soil.

6. Undernourished; lean.

7. Humble: a poor spirit.

8. Eliciting or deserving pity; pitiable: couldn't rescue the poor fellow.

» Lesson No. 1 Glossary

–adjective

1.	having little or no money, goods, or other means of support: a poor family living on welfare.

2.	Law. dependent upon charity or public support.

3.	(of a country, institution, etc.) meagerly supplied or endowed with resources or funds.

4.	characterized by or showing poverty.

5.	deficient or lacking in something specified: a region poor in mineral deposits.

6.	faulty or inferior, as in construction: poor workmanship.

7.	deficient in desirable ingredients, qualities, or the like: poor soil.

8.	excessively lean or emaciated, as cattle.

9.	of an inferior, inadequate, or unsatisfactory kind: poor health.

10.	lacking in skill, ability, or training: a poor cook.

11.	deficient in moral excellence; cowardly, abject, or mean.

12.	scanty, meager, or paltry in amount or number: a poor audience.

13.	humble; modest: They shared their poor meal with a stranger.

14.	unfortunate; hapless: The poor dog was limping.

–noun

15.	(used with a plural verb) poor persons collectively (usually prec. by the): sympathy for the poor.

—Idioms

16.	poor as a church mouse, extremely poor.

17.	poor as Job's turkey, extremely poor; impoverished.

1. Having little or no wealth and few or no possessions.

2. Lacking in a specified resource or quality: an area poor in timber and coal; a diet poor in calcium.

3. Not adequate in quality; inferior: a poor performance.

4. 1. Lacking in value; insufficient: poor wages.

   2. Lacking in quantity: poor attendance.

5. Lacking fertility: poor soil.

6. Undernourished; lean.

7. Humble: a poor spirit.

8. Eliciting or deserving pity; pitiable: couldn't rescue the poor fellow.

» Lesson No. 1 Glossary

–adjective

1.	having little or no money, goods, or other means of support: a poor family living on welfare.

2.	Law. dependent upon charity or public support.

3.	(of a country, institution, etc.) meagerly supplied or endowed with resources or funds.

4.	characterized by or showing poverty.

5.	deficient or lacking in something specified: a region poor in mineral deposits.

6.	faulty or inferior, as in construction: poor workmanship.

7.	deficient in desirable ingredients, qualities, or the like: poor soil.

8.	excessively lean or emaciated, as cattle.

9.	of an inferior, inadequate, or unsatisfactory kind: poor health.

10.	lacking in skill, ability, or training: a poor cook.

11.	deficient in moral excellence; cowardly, abject, or mean.

12.	scanty, meager, or paltry in amount or number: a poor audience.

13.	humble; modest: They shared their poor meal with a stranger.

14.	unfortunate; hapless: The poor dog was limping.

–noun

15.	(used with a plural verb) poor persons collectively (usually prec. by the): sympathy for the poor.

—Idioms

16.	poor as a church mouse, extremely poor.

17.	poor as Job's turkey, extremely poor; impoverished.

1. Having little or no wealth and few or no possessions.

2. Lacking in a specified resource or quality: an area poor in timber and coal; a diet poor in calcium.

3. Not adequate in quality; inferior: a poor performance.

4. 1. Lacking in value; insufficient: poor wages.

   2. Lacking in quantity: poor attendance.

5. Lacking fertility: poor soil.

6. Undernourished; lean.

7. Humble: a poor spirit.

8. Eliciting or deserving pity; pitiable: couldn't rescue the poor fellow.

» Lesson No. 1 Glossary

–adjective

1.	having little or no money, goods, or other means of support: a poor family living on welfare.

2.	Law. dependent upon charity or public support.

3.	(of a country, institution, etc.) meagerly supplied or endowed with resources or funds.

4.	characterized by or showing poverty.

5.	deficient or lacking in something specified: a region poor in mineral deposits.

6.	faulty or inferior, as in construction: poor workmanship.

7.	deficient in desirable ingredients, qualities, or the like: poor soil.

8.	excessively lean or emaciated, as cattle.

9.	of an inferior, inadequate, or unsatisfactory kind: poor health.

10.	lacking in skill, ability, or training: a poor cook.

11.	deficient in moral excellence; cowardly, abject, or mean.

12.	scanty, meager, or paltry in amount or number: a poor audience.

13.	humble; modest: They shared their poor meal with a stranger.

14.	unfortunate; hapless: The poor dog was limping.

–noun

15.	(used with a plural verb) poor persons collectively (usually prec. by the): sympathy for the poor.

—Idioms

16.	poor as a church mouse, extremely poor.

17.	poor as Job's turkey, extremely poor; impoverished.

1. Having little or no wealth and few or no possessions.

2. Lacking in a specified resource or quality: an area poor in timber and coal; a diet poor in calcium.

3. Not adequate in quality; inferior: a poor performance.

4. 1. Lacking in value; insufficient: poor wages.

   2. Lacking in quantity: poor attendance.

5. Lacking fertility: poor soil.

6. Undernourished; lean.

7. Humble: a poor spirit.

8. Eliciting or deserving pity; pitiable: couldn't rescue the poor fellow.

» Lesson No. 1 Glossary

–adjective

1.	having little or no money, goods, or other means of support: a poor family living on welfare.

2.	Law. dependent upon charity or public support.

3.	(of a country, institution, etc.) meagerly supplied or endowed with resources or funds.

4.	characterized by or showing poverty.

5.	deficient or lacking in something specified: a region poor in mineral deposits.

6.	faulty or inferior, as in construction: poor workmanship.

7.	deficient in desirable ingredients, qualities, or the like: poor soil.

8.	excessively lean or emaciated, as cattle.

9.	of an inferior, inadequate, or unsatisfactory kind: poor health.

10.	lacking in skill, ability, or training: a poor cook.

11.	deficient in moral excellence; cowardly, abject, or mean.

12.	scanty, meager, or paltry in amount or number: a poor audience.

13.	humble; modest: They shared their poor meal with a stranger.

14.	unfortunate; hapless: The poor dog was limping.

–noun

15.	(used with a plural verb) poor persons collectively (usually prec. by the): sympathy for the poor.

—Idioms

16.	poor as a church mouse, extremely poor.

17.	poor as Job's turkey, extremely poor; impoverished.

1. Having little or no wealth and few or no possessions.

2. Lacking in a specified resource or quality: an area poor in timber and coal; a diet poor in calcium.

3. Not adequate in quality; inferior: a poor performance.

4. 1. Lacking in value; insufficient: poor wages.

   2. Lacking in quantity: poor attendance.

5. Lacking fertility: poor soil.

6. Undernourished; lean.

7. Humble: a poor spirit.

8. Eliciting or deserving pity; pitiable: couldn't rescue the poor fellow.

» Lesson No. 1 Glossary

–adjective

1.	having little or no money, goods, or other means of support: a poor family living on welfare.

2.	Law. dependent upon charity or public support.

3.	(of a country, institution, etc.) meagerly supplied or endowed with resources or funds.

4.	characterized by or showing poverty.

5.	deficient or lacking in something specified: a region poor in mineral deposits.

6.	faulty or inferior, as in construction: poor workmanship.

7.	deficient in desirable ingredients, qualities, or the like: poor soil.

8.	excessively lean or emaciated, as cattle.

9.	of an inferior, inadequate, or unsatisfactory kind: poor health.

10.	lacking in skill, ability, or training: a poor cook.

11.	deficient in moral excellence; cowardly, abject, or mean.

12.	scanty, meager, or paltry in amount or number: a poor audience.

13.	humble; modest: They shared their poor meal with a stranger.

14.	unfortunate; hapless: The poor dog was limping.

–noun

15.	(used with a plural verb) poor persons collectively (usually prec. by the): sympathy for the poor.

—Idioms

16.	poor as a church mouse, extremely poor.

17.	poor as Job's turkey, extremely poor; impoverished.

1. Having little or no wealth and few or no possessions.

2. Lacking in a specified resource or quality: an area poor in timber and coal; a diet poor in calcium.

3. Not adequate in quality; inferior: a poor performance.

4. 1. Lacking in value; insufficient: poor wages.

   2. Lacking in quantity: poor attendance.

5. Lacking fertility: poor soil.

6. Undernourished; lean.

7. Humble: a poor spirit.

8. Eliciting or deserving pity; pitiable: couldn't rescue the poor fellow.

» Lesson No. 1 Glossary

–adjective

1.	having little or no money, goods, or other means of support: a poor family living on welfare.

2.	Law. dependent upon charity or public support.

3.	(of a country, institution, etc.) meagerly supplied or endowed with resources or funds.

4.	characterized by or showing poverty.

5.	deficient or lacking in something specified: a region poor in mineral deposits.

6.	faulty or inferior, as in construction: poor workmanship.

7.	deficient in desirable ingredients, qualities, or the like: poor soil.

8.	excessively lean or emaciated, as cattle.

9.	of an inferior, inadequate, or unsatisfactory kind: poor health.

10.	lacking in skill, ability, or training: a poor cook.

11.	deficient in moral excellence; cowardly, abject, or mean.

12.	scanty, meager, or paltry in amount or number: a poor audience.

13.	humble; modest: They shared their poor meal with a stranger.

14.	unfortunate; hapless: The poor dog was limping.

–noun

15.	(used with a plural verb) poor persons collectively (usually prec. by the): sympathy for the poor.

—Idioms

16.	poor as a church mouse, extremely poor.

17.	poor as Job's turkey, extremely poor; impoverished.

1. Having little or no wealth and few or no possessions.

2. Lacking in a specified resource or quality: an area poor in timber and coal; a diet poor in calcium.

3. Not adequate in quality; inferior: a poor performance.

4. 1. Lacking in value; insufficient: poor wages.

   2. Lacking in quantity: poor attendance.

5. Lacking fertility: poor soil.

6. Undernourished; lean.

7. Humble: a poor spirit.

8. Eliciting or deserving pity; pitiable: couldn't rescue the poor fellow.

» Lesson No. 1 Glossary

–adjective

1.	having little or no money, goods, or other means of support: a poor family living on welfare.

2.	Law. dependent upon charity or public support.

3.	(of a country, institution, etc.) meagerly supplied or endowed with resources or funds.

4.	characterized by or showing poverty.

5.	deficient or lacking in something specified: a region poor in mineral deposits.

6.	faulty or inferior, as in construction: poor workmanship.

7.	deficient in desirable ingredients, qualities, or the like: poor soil.

8.	excessively lean or emaciated, as cattle.

9.	of an inferior, inadequate, or unsatisfactory kind: poor health.

10.	lacking in skill, ability, or training: a poor cook.

11.	deficient in moral excellence; cowardly, abject, or mean.

12.	scanty, meager, or paltry in amount or number: a poor audience.

13.	humble; modest: They shared their poor meal with a stranger.

14.	unfortunate; hapless: The poor dog was limping.

–noun

15.	(used with a plural verb) poor persons collectively (usually prec. by the): sympathy for the poor.

—Idioms

16.	poor as a church mouse, extremely poor.

17.	poor as Job's turkey, extremely poor; impoverished.

1. Having little or no wealth and few or no possessions.

2. Lacking in a specified resource or quality: an area poor in timber and coal; a diet poor in calcium.

3. Not adequate in quality; inferior: a poor performance.

4. 1. Lacking in value; insufficient: poor wages.

   2. Lacking in quantity: poor attendance.

5. Lacking fertility: poor soil.

6. Undernourished; lean.

7. Humble: a poor spirit.

8. Eliciting or deserving pity; pitiable: couldn't rescue the poor fellow.

» Lesson No. 1 Glossary

–adjective

1.	having little or no money, goods, or other means of support: a poor family living on welfare.

2.	Law. dependent upon charity or public support.

3.	(of a country, institution, etc.) meagerly supplied or endowed with resources or funds.

4.	characterized by or showing poverty.

5.	deficient or lacking in something specified: a region poor in mineral deposits.

6.	faulty or inferior, as in construction: poor workmanship.

7.	deficient in desirable ingredients, qualities, or the like: poor soil.

8.	excessively lean or emaciated, as cattle.

9.	of an inferior, inadequate, or unsatisfactory kind: poor health.

10.	lacking in skill, ability, or training: a poor cook.

11.	deficient in moral excellence; cowardly, abject, or mean.

12.	scanty, meager, or paltry in amount or number: a poor audience.

13.	humble; modest: They shared their poor meal with a stranger.

14.	unfortunate; hapless: The poor dog was limping.

–noun

15.	(used with a plural verb) poor persons collectively (usually prec. by the): sympathy for the poor.

—Idioms

16.	poor as a church mouse, extremely poor.

17.	poor as Job's turkey, extremely poor; impoverished.

1. Having little or no wealth and few or no possessions.

2. Lacking in a specified resource or quality: an area poor in timber and coal; a diet poor in calcium.

3. Not adequate in quality; inferior: a poor performance.

4. 1. Lacking in value; insufficient: poor wages.

   2. Lacking in quantity: poor attendance.

5. Lacking fertility: poor soil.

6. Undernourished; lean.

7. Humble: a poor spirit.

8. Eliciting or deserving pity; pitiable: couldn't rescue the poor fellow.

» Lesson No. 1 Glossary

–adjective

1.	having little or no money, goods, or other means of support: a poor family living on welfare.

2.	Law. dependent upon charity or public support.

3.	(of a country, institution, etc.) meagerly supplied or endowed with resources or funds.

4.	characterized by or showing poverty.

5.	deficient or lacking in something specified: a region poor in mineral deposits.

6.	faulty or inferior, as in construction: poor workmanship.

7.	deficient in desirable ingredients, qualities, or the like: poor soil.

8.	excessively lean or emaciated, as cattle.

9.	of an inferior, inadequate, or unsatisfactory kind: poor health.

10.	lacking in skill, ability, or training: a poor cook.

11.	deficient in moral excellence; cowardly, abject, or mean.

12.	scanty, meager, or paltry in amount or number: a poor audience.

13.	humble; modest: They shared their poor meal with a stranger.

14.	unfortunate; hapless: The poor dog was limping.

–noun

15.	(used with a plural verb) poor persons collectively (usually prec. by the): sympathy for the poor.

—Idioms

16.	poor as a church mouse, extremely poor.

17.	poor as Job's turkey, extremely poor; impoverished.

1. Having little or no wealth and few or no possessions.

2. Lacking in a specified resource or quality: an area poor in timber and coal; a diet poor in calcium.

3. Not adequate in quality; inferior: a poor performance.

4. 1. Lacking in value; insufficient: poor wages.

   2. Lacking in quantity: poor attendance.

5. Lacking fertility: poor soil.

6. Undernourished; lean.

7. Humble: a poor spirit.

8. Eliciting or deserving pity; pitiable: couldn't rescue the poor fellow.

» Lesson No. 1 Glossary

–adjective

1.	having little or no money, goods, or other means of support: a poor family living on welfare.

2.	Law. dependent upon charity or public support.

3.	(of a country, institution, etc.) meagerly supplied or endowed with resources or funds.

4.	characterized by or showing poverty.

5.	deficient or lacking in something specified: a region poor in mineral deposits.

6.	faulty or inferior, as in construction: poor workmanship.

7.	deficient in desirable ingredients, qualities, or the like: poor soil.

8.	excessively lean or emaciated, as cattle.

9.	of an inferior, inadequate, or unsatisfactory kind: poor health.

10.	lacking in skill, ability, or training: a poor cook.

11.	deficient in moral excellence; cowardly, abject, or mean.

12.	scanty, meager, or paltry in amount or number: a poor audience.

13.	humble; modest: They shared their poor meal with a stranger.

14.	unfortunate; hapless: The poor dog was limping.

–noun

15.	(used with a plural verb) poor persons collectively (usually prec. by the): sympathy for the poor.

—Idioms

16.	poor as a church mouse, extremely poor.

17.	poor as Job's turkey, extremely poor; impoverished.

1. Having little or no wealth and few or no possessions.

2. Lacking in a specified resource or quality: an area poor in timber and coal; a diet poor in calcium.

3. Not adequate in quality; inferior: a poor performance.

4. 1. Lacking in value; insufficient: poor wages.

   2. Lacking in quantity: poor attendance.

5. Lacking fertility: poor soil.

6. Undernourished; lean.

7. Humble: a poor spirit.

8. Eliciting or deserving pity; pitiable: couldn't rescue the poor fellow.

» Lesson No. 1 Glossary