GRE Word List
MINIATURE
a copy on a much reduced scale
The meaning of the word miniature is a copy on a much reduced scale.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| dire | exciting horror |
| hue | overall character or appearance to the mind : complexion |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| flirt | to move erratically : flit |
| truism | an undoubted or self-evident truth |
| fester | to generate pus |
| insolvent | unable to pay debts as they fall due in the usual course of business |
| arrears | the state of being behind in the discharge of obligations |
| conscript | a conscripted person (such as a military recruit) |