GRE Word List
MINUTIAE
a minute or minor detail
The meaning of the word minutiae is a minute or minor detail.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| compulsion | an act of compelling |
| stealth | a cautious, unobtrusive, and secretive way of moving or proceeding intended to avoid detection |
| decree | an order usually having the force of law |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| institute | something that is instituted: such as |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| precise | exactly or sharply defined or stated |
| suitor | one that petitions or entreats |
| ostracize | to exile by ostracism |
| bugaboo | an imaginary object of fear |