GRE Word List
PALTRY
inferior
The meaning of the word paltry is inferior.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| metrical | of, relating to, or composed in meter |
| intoxicate | to excite or stupefy by alcohol or a drug especially to the point where physical and mental control is markedly diminished |
| scrappy | consisting of scraps |
| underscore | to draw a line under : underline |
| probe | a slender medical instrument used especially for exploration (as of a wound or body cavity) |
| pass_off | present falsely; represent falsely to be |
| yore | time past and especially long past |
| defray | to provide for the payment of : pay |
| epoch | an event or a time marked by an event that begins a new period or development |