GRE Word List
MODICUM
a small portion : a limited quantity
The meaning of the word modicum is a small portion : a limited quantity.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| lament | to mourn aloud : wail |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| troth | loyal or pledged faithfulness : fidelity |
| forfeit | something forfeited or subject to being forfeited (as for a crime, offense, or neglect of duty) : penalty |
| smirk | to smile in a smug or condescending way |
| sloth | disinclination to action or labor : indolence |
| brazen | made of brass |
| fallacious | embodying a fallacy |
| intangible | not tangible : impalpable |
| rig | to fit out with rigging |