GRE Word List
DAINTY
delicate; delicately beautiful; fastidious; not easy to please; Ex. dainty movement/dress
The meaning of the word dainty is delicate; delicately beautiful; fastidious; not easy to please; Ex. dainty movement/dress.
Random words
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malingerer | one who feigns illness to escape duty; V. malinger: feign illness to avoid work |
antithesis | contrast; direct opposite of or to; ADJ. antithetic or antithetical |
scavenge | hunt through discarded materials for usable items or food; search, especially for food; N. scavenger: one who scavenges; animal that feeds on refuse and carrion |
throb | (of a heart or machine) beat rapidly or violently; N. Ex. hearthrob: heartbeat; sweetheart |
enmity | ill will; hatred; hostility |
mountebank | charlatan; boastful pretender |
braid | plait; interweave strands or lengths of; make by weaving strands together; N: braided segment (as of hair) |
pummel | pommel; beat or pound with fists |
annals | records arranged in yearly parts; history |
tightwad | miser; excessively frugal person |