GRE Word List

NIGGLE

trifle

The meaning of the word niggle is trifle.

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WordMeaning
jettisonto get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision
adulterateto corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element
trimto remove by or as if by cutting
petulantinsolent or rude in speech or behavior
oscillateto swing backward and forward like a pendulum
pliantpliable
unctuoushaving, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality
unctionthe act of anointing as a rite of consecration or healing
legatoin a manner that is smooth and connected (as between successive tones)
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin