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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| garner | to gather into storage |
| throttle | to compress the throat of : choke |
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| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |
| allay | to subdue or reduce in intensity or severity : alleviate |
| obstetrician | a physician specializing in obstetrics |
| genuflect | to bend the knee |
| shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |
| oscillate | to swing backward and forward like a pendulum |
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