GRE Word List
EXIGUOUS
excessively scanty : inadequate
The meaning of the word exiguous is excessively scanty : inadequate.
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|---|---|
| expunge | to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion |
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| qualms | a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| aloft | at or to a great height |
| bulk | magnitude |
| resound | to become filled with sound : reverberate |
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