GRE Word List

MINUSCULE

very small

The meaning of the word minuscule is very small.

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demagoguea leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power
solsticeeither of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21
malaproposin an inappropriate or inopportune way
omnivorousfeeding on both animal and vegetable substances
conducivetending to promote or assist
overwhelmupset
sproutto grow, spring up, or come forth as or as if a sprout
passiveacted upon by an external agency
degeneratehaving declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state
polemicalof, relating to, or being a polemic : controversial