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 |
|---|---|
| brunt | the principal force, shock, or stress (as of an attack) |
| stupefy | to make stupid, groggy, or insensible |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| prodigal | characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish |
| clown | farmer |
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| fancied | imagined or believed to be true or real |
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| tenet | a principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true |
| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |