GRE Word List
NIGGLE
trifle
The meaning of the word niggle is trifle.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| conformist | one who conforms : a person who behaves in accordance with prevailing standards or customs and typically dislikes or avoids unconventional behavior |
| parochial | of or relating to a church parish |
| condign | deserved |
| snub | to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke |
| slipshod | wearing loose shoes or slippers |
| haven | harbor |
| hale | free from defect, disease, or infirmity : sound |
| morose | having a sullen and gloomy disposition |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| subpoena | a writ commanding a person designated in it to appear in court under a penalty for failure |