GRE Word List
NIGGARDLY
meanly stingy; parsimonious; N. niggard: stingy person
The meaning of the word niggardly is meanly stingy; parsimonious; N. niggard: stingy person.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| lagoon | shallow body of water or lake near a sea; lake separated from a sea by sandbars or coral reefs |
| anvil | iron block used in hammering out metals |
| effigy | dummy; likeness of a person made of wood, paper, or stone; Ex. burn an effigy of the President |
| sober | serious; solemn; not drunken; abstemious or temperate; V: make or become sober |
| pedestal | support or base as for a pillar or statue |
| religious | of religion; (of a person) pious; having reverence for a deity |
| beleaguer | besiege or attack (with an army); harass; beset |
| dynamo | generator for producing electricity; energetic person |
| brood | sit on in order to hatch; think deeply or worry anxiously; N: the young of certain animals; group of young birds hatched at one time |
| sanction | approve; ratify; N: permission; penalty intended to enforce compliance |
