GRE Word List

PALTRY

inferior

The meaning of the word paltry is inferior.

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facileeasily accomplished or attained
protegeone who is protected or trained or whose career is furthered by a person of experience, prominence, or influence
acrophobiaabnormal dread of being in a high place : fear of heights
archaichaving the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses
proverba brief popular epigram or maxim : adage
apprehensiveviewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future
stringenttight
smotherto kill by depriving of air
gorgea narrow passage through land
plethoraan ample amount or number : abundance