GRE Word List
EXIGUOUS
excessively scanty : inadequate
The meaning of the word exiguous is excessively scanty : inadequate.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| renovate | to restore to a former better state (as by cleaning, repairing, or rebuilding) |
| vulgar | lacking in cultivation, perception, or taste : coarse |
| rigid | deficient in or devoid of flexibility |
| proponent | one who argues in favor of something : advocate |
| clemency | disposition to be merciful and especially to moderate the severity of punishment due |
| bog | wet spongy ground |
| waft | to move or go lightly on or as if on a buoyant medium |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| ferret | a domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat |
| gratis | without charge or recompense : free |