GRE Word List
MINUSCULE
very small
The meaning of the word minuscule is very small.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |
| dilute | attenuate |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| promiscuous | having or involving many sexual partners : not restricted to one sexual partner or few sexual partners |
| skimp | skimpy |
| vision | the act or power of seeing : sight |
| anneal | to heat and then cool (a material, such as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle |
| delusion | something that is falsely or delusively believed or propagated |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| mimicry | an instance of mimicking |