GRE Word List
MINUTIAE
a minute or minor detail
The meaning of the word minutiae is a minute or minor detail.
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revile | to subject to verbal abuse : vituperate |
abet | to actively second and encourage (something, such as an activity or plan) |
fortuitous | occurring by chance |
palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
awl | a pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood) |
immure | to enclose within or as if within walls |
shackle | something (such as a manacle or fetter) that confines the legs or arms |
epoch | an event or a time marked by an event that begins a new period or development |
optimum | the amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end |
cursory | rapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty |