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 |
|---|---|
| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |
| die | to pass from physical life : expire |
| restraint | an act of restraining : the state of being restrained |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| quench | put out |
| progeny | descendants |
| caldron | a large kettle or boiler |
| promiscuous | having or involving many sexual partners : not restricted to one sexual partner or few sexual partners |
| quiescent | marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest |
| recrimination | a retaliatory accusation |