GRE Word List
EXIGUOUS
excessively scanty : inadequate
The meaning of the word exiguous is excessively scanty : inadequate.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| reduce | to draw together or cause to converge : consolidate |
| bid | to offer (a price) whether for payment or acceptance |
| conveyance | the action of conveying |
| primogeniture | the state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents |
| concordat | compact |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| languor | weakness or weariness of body or mind |
| vogue | popular acceptation or favor : popularity |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| gloss | a surface luster or brightness : shine |