GRE Word List
PALTRY
inferior
The meaning of the word paltry is inferior.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| excise | an internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity |
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| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |
| retaliate | to return like for like |
| bereaved | suffering the death of a loved one |
| shuffle | to mix in a mass confusedly : jumble |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |
| assert | to state or declare positively and often forcefully or aggressively |
| spin | to draw out and twist fiber into yarn or thread |