| destitution | n kepapaan, kemiskinan, kemelaratan. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| beggary | n kepapaan, kemiskinan (yg amat sangat); reduce to ~, memapakan, menjadikan papa (kedana). | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| impecuniosity | n (fml) kemiskinan, keadaan tdk /berwang, berduit/. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| grinding | ~ poverty, (rhet) kemiskinan yg mengazabkan; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| indigence | n (fml) poverty, kemiskinan. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| know | 7. have experience of, mengalami, merasai, mengenal: to ~ poverty at an early age, mengalami kemiskinan semasa kecil lagi; ~ no /fear, sympathy, etc/, tdk /tahu, kenal/ /takut, simpati, dll/; 8. have memorized, ha | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| connote | vt /membawa, mempunyai/ konotasi: the word “famine” usually ~s poverty and despair, perkataan “kebuluran” biasanya membawa konotasi kemiskinan dan keputusasaan; injury ~s pain, kecederaan mempunyai konotasi kesakitan. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| ideal | adj 1. conceived as perfect, unggul, ideal: in an ~ society, poverty would not exist, dlm masyarakat yg ideal, kemiskinan tdk akan wujud; 2. excellent, paling /baik, sesuai/: the ~ spot for a picnic, tempat yg paling sesuai utk berkelah; ~ weather for a holiday, cuaca yg paling baik utk bercuti; 3. highly desirable, (menjadi) /impian, idaman/: the ~ husband, suami idaman; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| emancipate | vt membebaskan; (slaves) memerdekakan: education has ~d the people from the bonds of poverty, pendidikan telah membebaskan rakyat drpd belenggu kemiskinan; a great movement to ~ women, gerakan besar-besaran utk membebaskan kaum wanita; Abraham Lincoln wanted to ~ the slaves, Abraham Lincoln mahu memerdekakan hamba; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| engender | vt (fml ), (cause to occur ), /mengakibatkan, menyebabkan/ berlakunya [sst]; ( produce ) menimbulkan, melahirkan: poverty is believed to ~ crime, kemiskinan dipercayai mengakibatkan jenayah. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |